Second Symposium on Environment and Health

Program Chairs: Glenn Russell McGregor , Univ. of Auckland ; John A. Haynes , NASA ; Sue M. Estes , NASA/USRA ; Tanya Maslak , United States Global Change Research Program ; Mark S. Strom , NOAA Fisheries Service ; Wendy Marie Thomas , AMS

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Saturday, 22 January 2011

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 22 January 2011


Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Sunday, 23 January 2011

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Short Course Registration

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


WeatherFest

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center)

Monday, 24 January 2011

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Registration continues through January 27

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Plenary Session
Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; the IMPACTS: Weather 2010; and the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International )

Panel Discussion
Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; and the IMPACTS: Weather 2010 )
Panelists: Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune; Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre; Doyle Rice, USA Today; Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council
Moderator: Robert T. Ryan, NBC4 TV
9:00 AM
Panelist: Thomas E. Skilling
Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV, Chicago, IL

9:10 AM
Panelist: Claire Martin
Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

9:20 AM
Panelist: Doyle Rice
Doyle Rice, USA Today, Washington, DC

9:30 AM
Panelist: Martin Storksdieck
Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council, Washington, DC

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 1
Shifting the Paradigm: Communication Frameworks that Strengthen our Public Health Partnerships
Location: 4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Moderator: Wendy Marie Thomas, American Meteorological Society
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, American Meteorological Society
11:00 AM
1.1
The use of a medical disease model to communicate the concept of uncertainty
James L. Persson, U.S. Army Aeromedical Activity, Fort Rucker, AL
11:15 AM
1.2
IRI Climate Information for Public Health: towards a knowledge system
Gilma C. Mantilla Caicedo, International Research Institute for Climate and Society ( IRI), Palisades, NY; and M. Thomson and S. Connor
11:30 AM
1.3
Modeling and communicating plague risk in Uganda
Andrew J. Monaghan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. H. Hayden, R. J. Eisen, K. L. Gage, K. S. Griffith, and E. Zielinski-Gutierrez
11:45 AM
1.4
Health forecasting prevents hospital admissions
Tapio Jokinen, Medixine ltd, Espoo, Finland

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 1
2Health Poster Session
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Organizer: Wendy Marie Thomas, American Meteorological Society
340
An Investigation into the the urban heat island of Detroit, MI., and the role of three spatial variables
E. Oswald, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. B. Rood and M. O'Neill

341
Estimation of WBGT with JMA products and information web site for heat stroke in Japan
Michihiko Tonouchi, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Ono
Manuscript (289.6 kB)

342
"Hot Town, Summer in the City": Exploring perception of and adaptation to extreme heat in Phoenix, Arizona
Dana Pauzauskie, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. H. Hayden, O. Wilhelmi, and H. Brenkert-Smith

343A
Risk assessments of outdoor hot environment using urban meteorological numerical model system
Yukitaka Ohashi, Okayama Univ. of Science, Okayama, Japan; and Y. Kikegawa, K. Yamaguchi, and T. Ihara
Manuscript (1.2 MB)


Joint Poster Session 1
6POLICY Poster Session I
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Organizer: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR
282
Observed changes in the frequency of heavy precipitation events in the southern climate region and policy implications
Esther D. White, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and M. Shafer and J. Hocker
Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (6.7 MB)

283
284
Using scenario planning to confront deep uncertainty: a case study from the Crown of the Continent
Holly C. Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and L. Welling

285
The consortium for climate risk in the urban northeast
Radley M. Horton, Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. Rosenzweig, U. Lall, and P. L. Kinney

286
Climate adaptation planning to aid state, municipal, tribal, and federal governmental decision makers in Oklahoma
Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer, J. E. Hocker, and R. E. Butterworth

Handout (7.8 MB)

288
Assessing users of the NWS point-and-click web-based forecast information
Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Hilderbrand, J. K. Lazo, R. E. Morss, and T. Trogdon

Handout (2.1 MB)

289
A weather survey of western Washington residents: Part I
Jennifer Chang, University of Washington & NOAA, Tacoma, WA

Handout (368.3 kB)

290
A weather survey of western Washington residents: Part II
L. Kirby Cook, NOAA/NWS, Seattle, WA; and J. Chang

291
Story time! Communicating risk through NWS Western Region's weather stories
Gina M. Eosco, Ph.D, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and D. Jones

292
The development of a storm damage estimate calculator
Brenton William MacAloney II, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (123.7 kB)

293
New paradigm for NWS regional and local climate services
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. M. Horsfall, J. C. Meyers, J. Koepsell, M. D. Hawkins, J. Zdrojewski, S. L. Dixon, and V. Silva

296
IceThreat: using icing algorithm output to propose AIRMET regions
Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Prestopnik, J. J. Levit, F. McDonough, and M. K. Politovich

Handout (663.4 kB)

297
Using GIS to assess vulnerability to climate hazards in the southern United States
Robert J. Gottlieb, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks, M. A. Shafer, and M. Richman
Manuscript (850.0 kB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

300
Impacts of regional climate changes on the hydrometeorology of La Hispaniola: The Enriquillo & Sumatra Lakes water basin
Jorge E. González, City College of New York, New York, NY; and R. Gonzalez, D. R. Brito, and D. E. Comarazamy

301A
A Look Back at Major Disaster Declarations: A GIS Perspective
James E. Hocker, SCIPP/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 2
Blending the Sciences: Interoperability and Research Applications to Fill Knowledge Gaps
Location: 4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Moderator: Wendy Marie Thomas, American Meteorological Society
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, American Meteorological Society
4:00 PM
2.1
Impact of meteorological components on diarreal diseases in Bangladesh
Taiichi Hayashi, DPRI, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Teshima, Y. Wagatuma, M. Hashizume, T. Terao, F. Murata, Y. Yamane, M. Kiguchi, and A. S. G. Faruque
4:15 PM
2.2
Night outdoor air as a major source of indoor air particle concentration in an office
Jack Molinié, Laboratoire de Recherches en Géosciences et Energies, Pointe-à-Pitre Cédex, Guadeloupe, France; and V. Clotaire, T. Plocoste, and R. H. Petit
4:30 PM
2.3
Detection and monitoring vector-born deceases from AVHRR data
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Powell and M. Goldberg
4:45 PM
2.4
Assessing the connections between weather, season, and smoking in the home
David B. Sherman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. G. Basara, J. B. Basara, and B. G. Illston
Recording files available
Joint Session 9
Climate Change Adaptation: From Science to Practice
Location: 618-620 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Greg Guibert, NCAR; Lee M. Tryhorn, Cornell University
4:15 PM
J9.2
4:30 PM
J9.3
Towards a framework for stakeholder engagement in conducting regional climate assessments
J. Greg Dobson, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC; and J. Fox, M. Hutchins, and K. Lichtenstein
4:45 PM
J9.4
Integration of Local Planners' and Scientists' Knowledge of Consequences, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Related Hazards
Seth Tuler, Social and Environmental Research Institute, Greenfield, MA; and K. Dow, J. C. Whitehead, T. Webler, and N. Kettle
5:00 PM
J9.5
“2100? It doesn't keep me up at night!” Incorporating climate information in local water planning
Lee M. Tryhorn, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

5:15 PM
J9.6
Comparing climate extension approaches to catalyze climate change adaptation planning in Charleston, SC, and Plymouth, NC
Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium & North Carolina Sea Grant, Charleston, SC; and A. Turner, R. H. Bacon, G. Putnam, J. F. Thigpen, and M. Covi
Recording files available
Joint Session 11
Effective Communication of Aviation Weather Information to Users
Location: 305 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Cory Wolff, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Jennifer A. Zeltwanger, National Weather Service
4:00 PM
J11.1
4:30 PM
J11.3
Aviation service enhancements across the National Weather Service Central Region
Brian P. Walawender, NWS, Kansas City, MO; and J. A. Zeltwanger
4:45 PM
J11.4
NWS provision of aviation weather information via the FAA QICP-certified Consolidated Aviation Web Services (CAWS) system
Ryan L. Solomon, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Kansas City, MO; and J. J. Sereno, R. E. Sallee, A. M. Ohrberg, J. S. Lewis, and C. Wallace
5:00 PM
J11.5
Weather Technology In the Cockpit (WTIC): Concept of operations, user needs, education, and training
John M. Lanicci, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and L. Kirk, L. Martin, J. Vacek, E. A. Roberts, and M. Edwards
5:15 PM
J11.6
Development of an education and training module for use of NEXRAD-based products in the cockpit by general aviation pilots
Erin A. Roberts, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and J. M. Lanicci

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Reception and Exhibits Opening

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate Art Show

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Federal Activities on Climate Change and Human Health
Location: 4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Panelists: John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); George Luber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Juli Trtanj, NOAA; Darrell Winner, EPA
Organizer: Tanya Maslak, United States Global Change Research Program
Moderator: Tanya Maslak, United States Global Change Research Program
8:30 AM
1.2
Climate Change and Human Health: An Update on Federal Activities
John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Bethesda, MD
9:15 AM
1.3
Federal Program Overview
Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
9:30 AM
1.4
Panel Discussion

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

9:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture
Recording files available
Joint Session 10
Risk Communication of Hurricanes
Location: 618-620 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR; Robbie Berg, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center
11:00 AM
J10.1
Risk Communication Across Cultures
Vankita Brown, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:15 AM
J10.2
Dynamics of hurricane risk perception
Holly Marlatt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. W. Trumbo, L. Peek, M. Lueck, E. Gruntfest, B. McNoldy, and W. Schubert
11:30 AM
J10.3
Improving storm surge risk communication
Betty Hearn Morrow, SocResearch, Miami, FL; and J. Rhome

11:45 AM
J10.4
Assessing the Publics' Need For Storm Surge Warning Information
Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. H. Morrow, J. Rhome, and J. Feyen

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 3
NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI): Responses of pathogenic Vibrios to climate, climate change and implications for health early warning systems.
Location: 4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Chairs: Mark S. Strom, NOAA Fisheries Service; Carolyn Sotka, NOAA
11:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
11:15 AM
3.2
Public Health, working towards safer shellfish in Washington State
Cari Franz-West, Washington Department of Health, Office of Shellfish and Water Protection, Olympia, WA
11:30 AM
3.4
The West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health: enhancing early warning systems for marine biotoxins and pathogens using climate information
Mark S. Strom, NOAA Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and V. L. Trainer, S. K. Moore, R. N. Paranjpye, and L. D. Rhodes
11:45 AM
3.3
Forecasting Human Health Risks from Bacteria in the Ocean
D. Jay Grimes, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS
12:15 PM
3.5

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 2
Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners(Themed Joint Session)
Location: 4C-4 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth History Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Panelists: Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin; Robert Henson, UCAR; Eve Gruntfest, Univ. of Oklahoma; Roger D. Turner, Univ. of Pennsylvania
1:30 PM
JPD2.1
Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners
Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Henson, E. Gruntfest, and R. D. Turner
2:00 PM
Recording files available
Session 4
NASA Earth Science Research and the Study of Public Health Applications through Remote Sensing
Location: 4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Organizer: Sue M. Estes, NASA
Cochairs: John A. Haynes, NASA; Sue M. Estes, NASA
1:45 PM
Introductory Remarks

2:00 PM
4.2
Modeling the spatial patterns of PM2.5 in Georgia with satellite remote sensing and meteorological information
Shuyan Liu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. A. Quattrochi, W. L. Crosson, M. Al-Hamdan, M. G. Estes Jr., S. M. Estes, J. Sarnat, M. Klein, J. R. Qualters, P. Garbe, H. Flowers, and A. Vaidyanathan
2:15 PM
4.3
Integration of Dust Prediction Systems and Vegetation Phenology to Track Pollen for Asthma Alerts in Public Health
Jeffrey C. Luvall, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Sprigg, A. Huete, S. Nickovic, G. Pejanovic, E. Levetin, P. Van de water, O. Myers, A. M. Budge, H. Krapfl, and T. M. Crimmins
2:30 PM
4.4
Characterizing extreme heat events in the Southwestern U.S. in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Climate Change Module
William L. Crosson, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and M. Al-Hamdan, M. G. Estes Jr., S. M. Estes, H. Flowers, S. Hemmings, J. R. Qualters, and G. Wade
2:45 PM
4.5
Improving Heat Warning Systems with Remotely Sensed Data
Daniel Patrick Johnson, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Recording files available
Joint Session 12
Communication: Focus on Climate Change, Technology, and Uncertainty
Location: 618-620 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Gina M. Eosco, Ph.D; Betsy Bach, National Communication Association
1:30 PM
J12.1
Impacts of Media Frames and Values on Climate Change Perceptions
Susanna Priest, Unversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV; and T. Greenhalgh and G. R. Young
1:45 PM
J12.2
Overcoming climate skepticism in the schools: using games to communicate climate change mitigation options
Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. R. Peterson, D. E. Endres, and M. O'Byrne
2:15 PM
J12.4
2:30 PM
Discussion

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: 601 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 13
Communicating Uncertainty
Location: 618-620 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS
3:30 PM
J13.1
Expressing forecast uncertainty: NOAA/NWS progress report
Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
3:45 PM
J13.2
5:00 PM
J13.7
The Effects of the Use of Uncertainty Estimates on Weather-Related Decision-Making
Jared E. LeClerc, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Joslyn
5:15 PM
J13.8
Gaps in Communicating Weather and Climate Uncertainty in Near Term Water Resources Management
Jade Soddell, US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and J. P. Giovannettone and J. R. Prairie

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 5
Heat and Human Health
Location: 4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health
Chair: Glenn Russell McGregor, Univ. of Auckland
3:30 PM
5.1
The development of Accumulated Heat Stress Index (AHSI) based on the time-weighted function
Hi-Ryong Byun, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. S. Lee and S. M. Lee
3:45 PM
5.2
Assessing regional characteristics of heat waves in the US
Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY
4:00 PM
5.3
Hyperthermia deaths in football players: a retrospective analysis of meteorological, temporal and demographic risk factors
Myron Thomas Petro, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. J. Grundstein, C. Ramseyer, F. Zhao, J. L. Pesses, P. Akers, A. Qureshi, L. Becker, and J. A. Knox
4:15 PM
5.4
Heat-related morbidity in North Carolina: Who's at risk?
Christopher M. Fuhrmann, NOAA's Southeast Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC; and M. Kovach, C. E. Konrad, D. J. Perkins, and D. B. Richardson
4:45 PM
5.6
Heat health risk awareness and responses among vulnerable urban residents: a Phoenix case study
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. H. Hayden, H. Brenkert-Smith, S. L. Harlan, K. Komatsu, S. Santana, and D. Pauzauskie
5:00 PM
5.7
Utilizing GIS Technology to Address Heat Wave Morbidity
Jennifer L. Kwan, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA; and H. Margolis, E. Roberts, G. King, P. English, and A. Gershunov
5:15 PM
5.8
Impact assessment of human health and energy consumption caused by urban climate change
Tomohiko Ihara, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and H. Kusaka, T. Takata, M. Hara, and Y. Genchi
5:30 PM
5.9
The development of a vulnerability index for communicating heat risk information
Glenn Russell McGregor, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and T. Wolf

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Risk Communication of Weather and Climate Information (Themed Joint Session)
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Nate Johnson, NBC Owned Television Stations Group; John Sokich, NOAA/NWS
8:30 AM
J3.1
The Communication of Risk: At the Crossroads of Science, Economics, and Communications
Paul Hettler, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and S. A. Jasko and C. M. Kauffman
8:45 AM
J3.2
Communicating weather, climate and catastrophe risk and preparedness
Jeanne Salvatore, Insurance Information Institute, New York, NY
9:15 AM
J3.4
Visualization of slow-developing hazards: Influencing perceptions and behaviors to facilitate adaptation planning
Tim G. Frazier, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and F. Murtinho, G. Broad, D. Campbell, P. Howe, and H. Reyes Hernandez

9:30 AM
J3.5
How do people perceive and respond to flash flood risk and warnings?
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lazo, K. Mulder, J. L. Demuth, and A. Bostrom
9:45 AM
J3.6
Now what do people know about global climate change? A mental models approach
Ann Bostrom, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. W. Reynolds and R. Hudson

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President

10:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 14
Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards I
Location: 618-620 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Angelyn G. Kolodziej, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL; Kimberly E. Klockow, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
10:30 AM
J14.1
10:45 AM
J14.2
Utilizing emerging technologies to better address the societal impacts focus of NWS warnings
Michael J. Hudson, NOAA National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO; and C. Pieper
11:00 AM
J14.3
11:45 AM
J14.6
CRC cards: a method to learn about emergency management decision processes
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and J. L. Losego and C. F. Smith

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 15
Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards II
Location: 618-620 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR; Greg Guibert, NCAR
1:30 PM
J15.1
Challenges in Communicating Two Consecutive High Impact Weather Events
Michael B. Scotten, NOAA/NWS, Memphis, TN; and K. N. Scotten and W. R. Borghoff
1:45 PM
J15.2
Public perceptions of the 10 May 2010 Oklahoma and the 17 June 2010 Minnesota tornado outbreaks
Sarah L. Stalker, NWC REU, Hudson, WI; and K. M. Kuhlman, H. Lazrus, R. A. Peppler, and K. E. Klockow

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Ways of Knowing: Dismantling the Divide between Social and Natural Sciences in Weather and Climate Research I (Themed Joint Session)
Location: 4C-4 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; and the Ninth History Symposium )
Cochairs: Heather Lazrus, University of Oklahoma; Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
4:00 PM
J6.1
Climate and history: an ethnohistorian's epistemology
William B. Carter, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
4:30 PM
J6.3
4:45 PM
J6.4
How much do farmers trust scientific forecasts, and why? Results from surveys in Northeast Brazil
Renzo Taddei, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; and A. Pfaff, D. R. Nelson, and K. Broad

5:00 PM
J6.5
Kenyah Badeng ethnoclimatology and the transmission of weather information in East Malaysia
Gotzone Garay Barayazarra, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom; and R. K. Puri
5:15 PM

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


91st AMS Awards Banquet
Location: 6ABCD (Washington State Convention Center)

Thursday, 27 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium

Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Ways of Knowing: Dismantling the Divide between Social and Natural Sciences in Weather and Climate Research II (Themed Joint Session)
Location: 4C-4 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Ninth History Symposium; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Heather Lazrus, University of Oklahoma; Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
8:30 AM
J7.1
Understanding climate change: a dialogue between natural science and indigenous communities in Alaska
Nicole Herman-Mercer, USGS, Boulder, CO; and S. Koester and P. F. Schuster

8:45 AM
J7.2
9:00 AM
J7.3
A community-of-practice approach to assess the nature and impacts of sea-ice changes on Bering and Chukchi Sea ice users
Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and M. L. Kapsch, I. Krupnik, W. Weyapuk Jr., L. Apangalook, M. Johnson, and G. L. Hufford
9:15 AM
J7.4
9:30 AM
J7.5
Democracy in policy making: Implementing the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
Karen Michele Hoffman, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

9:45 AM
10:00 AM
J7.6
Peppler
Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 8
Communicating Uncertainty (Themed Joint Session)
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Chair: Manda Adams, Univ. of North Carolina
11:15 AM
J8.2
User engagement for water resources forecasts: a framework for iterative communication
Kevin Werner, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Averyt and G. Owen
11:45 AM
J8.4
Meaning, Context, and Weather-Related Information Sharing
Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and C. M. Kauffman and P. Hettler
12:00 PM
J8.5
Communicating Satellite MW Ocean Product Errors to a Variety of Users
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz, K. Hilburn, and C. A. Mears

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session
Presidential Town Hall Meeting
Location: 6A (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; the Events; the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; and the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology )
12:15 PM
Ensuring Integrity in the Doing and Using of Science
Ralph Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium Luncheon
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Meet the President

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


AMS 91st Annual Meeting Adjourns