23rd Symposium on Education

Program Chairs: Rajul Pandya , UCAR ; Nazila Merati , ClipCard ; Donna J. Charlevoix , The GLOBE Program
Reviewers: Alison F.C. Bridger , San Jose State University ; Teresa Bals-Elsholz , Valparaiso Univ. ; David W. Chapman , Okemos High School ; Redina L. Herman , Western Illinois Univ. ; John Moore , AMS/AERA/BOPE ; Jeffrey A. Yuhas , Morristown-Beard School ; John A. Knox , University Of Georgia ; Melissa A. Burt , Colorado State University ; Julie S. Malmberg , UCAR ; Thomas M. Whittaker , SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

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Saturday, 1 February 2014

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7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses

Sunday, 2 February 2014

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Registration Open for Annual Meeting

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


WeatherFest

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


94th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Monday, 3 February 2014

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Registration Continues through February 5

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014

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Plenary Session 1
14th Presidential Forum: Extreme Weather, Climate, and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the 14th Presidential Forum; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
Moderator: Margaret Davidson, NOAA/Office for Coastal Management
Panelists: Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes; David Perkes, Mississippi State Univ.; Ellis Stanley, Hammerman & Gainer International, Inc.; David W. Titley, Penn State University; Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy
Speaker: Andy Revkin, Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times, and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University
  9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  9:05 AM
PL1.1
The New Communication Climate - An exploration of tools and traits that give the best chance of success in facing a fast-forward media landscape and changing climate
Andy Revkin, Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times, and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University, New York, NY
Recorded Presentation

  9:25 AM
Panel Discussion

  10:25 AM
Concluding Remarks

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 1
Pre-college Education Initiatives I
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School; David W. Chapman, Okemos High School; John Moore, AMS/AERA/BOPE
  11:00 AM
1.1
Examples of Lesson Plans to Meet NGSS and Common Core Challenges in Earth Science Education
Michael J. Passow, Columbia Univ./Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, NJ
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (179.5 kB)

Handout (1.0 MB)

  11:15 AM
1.2
Engaging Multiple Student Groups in On-line Climate Change Consortium (Climate Change Education: collaboration, multiple perspectives, and messaging.)
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and S. Lane
Recorded Presentation

  11:30 AM
1.3
Developing a Geoscience and Remote Sensing Laboratory as a Pathway to GeoSTEM Education
John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education, Laurel Springs, NJ
Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
1.4
Special Presentation by the 2013 Distinguished K12 Educator
Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 2
Pre-college Education Initiatives II
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School; David W. Chapman, Okemos High School; John Moore, AMS/AERA/BOPE
  1:30 PM
2.1
Weather Ready Schools: Should School Hallways As Storm Shelters Be the Next Weather Safety Recommendation to be Retired?
Andrea Dawn Melvin, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel, M. K. Corbett, J. E. Hocker, D. E. Mattox, S. L. Stalker, G. Kitch, and R. Smith
Recorded Presentation

Handout (29.9 MB)

  1:45 PM
2.2
Weather and Climate Change Conceptions of Middle-school Students
Tina Cartwright, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; and J. S. Malmberg and J. Atwood
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
2.3
AMS DataStreme Project and the NGSS
James A. Brey, AMS, Washington, DC; and I. W. Geer, R. S. Weinbeck, E. W. Mills, and K. A. Nugnes
Recorded Presentation

 
2.4
A Comparison Between the NGSS and Teacher Perceptions about Using Models to Teach about Climate and Weather

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Poster Session 1
Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, UNAVCO; Rajul Pandya, UCAR
 
168
National Wildlife Federation Eco-Schools USA: Development of Climate Related School Lessons Using NASA Data Sets
Paul W. Stackhouse Jr., NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and L. S. Hickey, J. R. Hammonds, J. M. Hoell, W. S. Chandler, D. Westberg, and T. Zhang

 
169
Weather Ready Schools and Weather Education: What are our students being taught?
Melissa Kay Corbett, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. L. Stalker, K. A. Kloesel, C. A. Fiebrich, J. Hocker, and A. Melvin

 
170
Bringing Global Climate Change Education to Alabama Middle School and High School Classrooms
Chandana Mitra, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; and M. K. Lee, E. Percival, A. Thomas, T. Lucy, S. R. Chaudhury, and C. Rodger

 
171
Assessing K-5 Students' Conceptual Understandings of Winter Weather Hazards and Safety in Gwinnett County, GA

 
172
Hazards-based outreach for middle school students
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and J. Carroll, R. Clary, M. E. Brown, K. S. McNeal, and J. Diaz-Ramirez

 
173
A Student-Industry CO2 Monitoring Collaboration
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and P. C. Fisher and C. Sloop

 
174
Student and Parent Outcomes of an Initiative to Infuse Weather Science and Safety Instruction in the Georgia K-8 Curriculum
Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox and A. L. Qureshi

 
175
How Weather Decisions are Made in Schools: The First Step in Weather Ready Schools
Sarah L. Stalker, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. K. Corbett, K. A. Kloesel, C. Fiebrich, J. Hocker, A. Melvin, and D. E. Mattox

 
176
WeatherVideoHD.TV: A New Visual Library and Marketplace for Educators and Researchers
Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Gobeille

 
177
The Young Meteorologist Program supporting the Weather Ready Nation Campaign
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Lee

 
178
Effective Strategies for Educating the Public at the “Home of the World's Worst Weather” Using Video-Conferencing Technology
Brian J. Fitzgerald, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH; and M. Cruz, R. Scholand, and W. Broussard

 
179
The University of Nebraska Summer Weather Camp Educational Experience
Kenneth F. Dewey, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Handout (5.9 MB)

 
180
Lots of Ways To Really LEARN About Weather
H. Michael Mogil, CCM, CBM Mogil, How The Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and K. F. Dewey and M. Bolton

 
181
The Diversity Climate Network (D-ClimNet) - Recruiting and Retaining Under-represented Students into the Climate Sciences
Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT; and J. M. Shepherd, T. L. Mote, M. N. Raphael, and M. D. Williams

 
182
Life Trajectories: Citizen Science used to generate a HYSPLIT analysis of Northern Lapwing (NOLA) sightings in Massachusetts following Superstorm Sandy
Leonard M. Bloch, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Mark Faherty, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, L. Hample, J. Knox, V. Laux, T. Pastuszak, Z. Robbins, and J. M. Shepherd

 
183
Teaching Atmospheric Dynamics Via Data Assimilation: Results From Lecture and Lab at the University of Georgia
John A. Knox, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA

 
184
Western Illinois University and EOL: Virtual Learning Labs in an Instruments class
Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL; and A. Rockwell
Manuscript (147.1 kB)

 
185
Bring Your Major to Class and Other Methods to Enhance Learning in a General Education Course
Daphne LaDue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (1.0 MB)

 
186
Using measures of the social structure of science departments to shape emergent change strategies
Kathleen Quardokus, Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI; and C. Henderson

Handout (442.3 kB)

 
187
Educating the Next Generation of Geoscientists: Engaging undergraduates in the study of climate science
Shondricka Burrell, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 
188
Climate and Art: Integrating Climate Science to Non-Scientists
Jordanna Sheermohamed, Art Institute, Fort Lauderdale, FL

 
189
The Influence of Tornado Knowledge and Perceptions on Safety Actions Taken among Undergraduates
Sabrina Jauernic, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. S. Van Den Broeke and L. Arthurs
Manuscript (700.1 kB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

 
190
Research Experience for Undergraduates in Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, and Technology at the CSU-CHILL National Radar Facility
Joseph Hardin, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

 
191
Cross-disciplinary collaboration to strengthen research experiences for undergraduates
Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Goehring, R. L. Batchelor, and L. Allen

 
192
Identifying and supporting leadership in undergraduate students
Tim Barnes, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Haacker-Santos

 
193
Using Extreme Weather Events, Local Climate Change Research and Data Analysis, and Community Service Learning as Authentic Engagement Activities to Foster Action and Behavior Change

 
194
An Online Approach for Capacity Building: Training Climate Scientists to Use Computer Models
Morgan Brown Yarker, Yarker Consulting, Cedar Rapids, IA; and M. D. S. Mesquita and V. Veldore

 
195
Enhancing Social Awareness in Global Climate Changes in a Minority Serving Institution
Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

 
196
Increasing climate science awareness of non science majors: How to get their attention through online climate studies?
David Quesada, St. Thomas Univ., Miami Gardens, FL

 
197
DataStreme = STEM
John A. White III, Fayetteville, NC
Manuscript (70.4 kB)

Handout (2.2 MB)

 
198
The Problem of Low Enrollment in Rural College Classes
Michael T. Leach, New Mexico State Univ., Grants, NM

 
199
Integrating Climate Science and Sustainability on a Diverse Urban Campus

 
200
Integrating AMS Courses into the Curriculum at University of Maryland University College
Carl Robert Berman Jr., University of Maryland, Austin, TX

 
201
Changes in Climate Literacy after taking an online Class
Scott S. Lindstrom, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI; and M. A. Lazzara, M. K. Harkey, and S. Lynds

 
202
Teaching Climatology as a Social Science
Montgomery Walker, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA

 
203
Climate Studies at Santa Fe Community College
Amanda A. Evans, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NJ; and L. Gannes

 
204
AMS Climate Studies Course Implementation at TAMUK
Brent C. Hedquist, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX; and B. K. Gonzalez

 
205
Strategy for Implementation of the American Meteororlogical Society (AMS) Climate Studies Course at University of Houston-Downtown (UH-D), Natural Sciences Department in Fall, 2013
Ayorinde O. Idowu, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Manuscript (676.4 kB)

Handout (305.6 kB)

 
206
Implementation of AMS Climate Studies Course at Community College
Shizuko Watanabe, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX

 
207
Developing an Online Climate Studies Course for a Small HBCU
D.R. Buffinger, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH

 
208
Progress of Implementation of AMS Climate Studies Course
Sahlemedhin H. Sertsu, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD

 
209
Implementing Climate Studies Course at a Diverse 2 Year College

 
210
A Study of the Results of the Initial Offering of an Online Climate Course at a Minority Serving Institution
Richard Marshall Jones, University of Hawaii, Kaploei, HI

Handout (4.3 MB)

 
211
AMS Climate Studies Course Implementation at Chabot College
Donald L. Plondke, Chabot College, Hayward, CA

Handout (22.7 MB)

 
212
Teaching Climate Change On-line
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

 
213
Incorporating Climate Studies into an Existing Course
Patricia A. Redden, Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ

 
214
Implementing AMS Climate Studies at California State University Fresno
Segun Ogunjemiyo, California State University, Fresno, CA

 
215
Bringing Climate Studies to Community College of Denver
Dawn R. Cummings, Community College, Denver, CO; and S. Peterson

 
216
Progress Implementing the AMS Online Climate Studies Course at North Carolina Central University
Harris E. Williams, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

 
217
Implementation of Climate Studies at Huston-Tillotson University
B. A. Rowland, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX

 
218
Climate Studies at a California Community College through AMS

 
219
Using the AMS Climate Studies curriculum in an Honors Course setting
James W. Westgate, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Manuscript (39.8 kB)

Handout (936.3 kB)

 
220
Embracing AMS Climate Studies at Florida A&M University
John Warford, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Gragg III


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 3
Interdisciplinary Research and Education on Precipitation Prediction and Extremes
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences )
CoChair: John A. Knox, University Of Georgia
  4:00 PM
TJ3.1
The Studies of Precipitation, flooding, and Rainfall Extremes Across Disciplines (SPREAD) workshop: An interdisciplinary research and education initiative
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

  4:15 PM
TJ3.2
Ensemble-Based Analysis of a Colorado Rain and Hailstorm: Forecast Uncertainty and Understanding of Weather Information by Front Range Decision-Makers
Vanessa M. Vincente, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher
Recorded Presentation

  4:30 PM
TJ3.3
Through the Eyes of the Experts: The Perception of the Probability of Precipitation
Castle Williams, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. E. Stewart, A. Horst, E. Knox, B. Brough, and J. A. Knox
Recorded Presentation

  4:45 PM
TJ3.4
Who's the King of PoP? Comparing the Accuracy of NWS and NAM/GFS MOS Precipitation Forecasts for Ten U.S. Cities, 2003–2012
Kyle Mattingly, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox, C. Davis, R. Hale, L. Lindsey, A. Long, R. Scroggs, J. Rackley, A. E. Stewart, L. Bloch, and J. McLeod
Recorded Presentation

  5:00 PM
TJ3.5
Experiential Learning on Hydrometeorology Through a University Study Abroad Program
Curtis N. James, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (193.2 kB)

  5:15 PM
TJ3.6
Raising Geoscience Awareness Among Underrepresented Minority and First Generation Undergraduate STEM Students in New York City
Dr Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark and N. Blackburn

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Reception and Exhibits Opening

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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Session 3
Innovative Approaches to Teaching Atmospheric Dynamics
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs: John A. Knox, University Of Georgia; Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ.
  8:30 AM
3.1
Analogies of Ocean/Atmosphere Rotating Fluid Dynamics with Gyroscopes-Teaching Opportunities
Thomas W. N. Haine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. A. Cherian
Recorded Presentation

Handout (38.0 MB)

  8:45 AM
3.2
Language Translation: An approach to building student skills in solving dynamic meteorology word problems
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Recorded Presentation

  9:00 AM
3.3
Inductive Approach to Teaching of Dynamic Meteorology: Use of Thought Experiments and Technology Driven Science Inquiry
Udaysankar S. Nair, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran and A. Word-Allbritton
Recorded Presentation

  9:15 AM
3.4
Atmospheric dynamics: challenging, but enjoyable, really?
Teresa Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN
Recorded Presentation

  9:30 AM
3.5
Teaching Atmospheric Dynamics at the Education–Research Interface
Daniel Keyser, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. M. Bentley and K. MacRitchie
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Data Literacy
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Symposium on Education; and the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies )
CoChair: Alison F.C. Bridger, San Jose State University
  11:00 AM
J3.1
The Meteorology and Impacts of Superstorm Sandy: Creation of an Educational Case Study Using IDV and RAMADDA
Martin A. Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI; and A. Michaelis, S. Arms, J. Chastang, Y. Ho, and J. McWhirter
Recorded Presentation

  11:15 AM
J3.2
Using Real-Time Energy Data to Promote Climate Literacy
Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and E. Metzger
Recorded Presentation

  11:30 AM
J3.3
Confessions of a Faculty Convert: The Adventures of Data-Centered Research with Undergraduate Students
Craig Clark, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN
Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
J3.4
Access High Quality Data Imagery from the NOAA View Portal
Daniel P. Pisut, I.M. Systems Group, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Powell, T. Loomis, V. Goel, D. Cowan, and B. Mills
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Lunch Break

Stanley a. Changnon Luncheon
Location: Room B401 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Session 4
Informal Education, including Citizen Science
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
CoChair: Melissa A. Burt, Colorado State University
  1:30 PM
4.1
Advancing Weather and Climate Literacy via Museum Exhibits and Mobile Devices
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, P. Rowley, D. P. Pisut, and S. Schollaert Uz

  1:45 PM
4.2
Teaching meteorology and technology through an iPad application
David Harrison, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Balfour, M. Beene, and A. McGovern

  2:00 PM
4.3
Extreme Weather Forecasting: A Summary of Weather Related Outreach Activities at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center in Madison, Wisconsin
Zachary Handlos, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. C. Winters

  2:15 PM
4.4
Introducing General Audiences to Atmospheric Science Topics through Historical Weather Events: The Great New England Hurricane of 1938
Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Session 5
University Initiatives
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Teresa Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ.; Julie S. Malmberg, UCAR
  3:30 PM
5.1
Exposing Students to Climate Science via HBCU Service Learning Outreach
David A. Padgett, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN

Handout (2.6 MB)

  3:45 PM
5.2
Creating an Environmental Simulator for Teaching Earth Sciences
Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and K. Waight, P. E. Barlow, S. Yalda, and G. M. Zoppetti
Manuscript (857.0 kB)

  4:00 PM
5.3
Using Real-Life Extreme Events to Increase Students' Scientific Literacy
James A. Brey, AMS, Washington, DC; and I. Geer, R. Weinbeck, E. Mills, and K. Nugnes

  4:15 PM
5.4
LectureTools: Interactive Tools to Teach Survey Courses
Perry J. Samson, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. M. Wright

  4:30 PM
5.5
In the Shadow of the Anvil: 20 Years of Convective Field Studies at Valparaiso University
Bart J. Wolf, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

  4:45 PM
5.6
Bringing Atmospheric Sciences to a Geoscience Field Course for Undergraduates
Neil F. Laird, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

  5:00 PM
5.7
Gender and Atmospheric Sciences: A case study analysis and long-term view of women's success in atmospheric sciences
Donna J. Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO

  5:15 PM
5.8
Safety Structures for Successful Undergraduate Research Apprenticeships: Supporting Underrepresented Minorities in STEM
Dr Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Presidential Forum; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
  5:00 PM
L1.1
Towards a general theory of global monsoons (Invited Presentation)
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Panel Discussion 1
Education Symposium Discussion
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education

Please join us for an inclusive conversation about the Education Symposium. We seek ideas to make the symposium even more dynamic, to better connect it to research and other research-focused symposia, and to interest more annual meeting attendees in participating. Please join us with your ideas or suggestions.

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

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9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon: A Conversation about the Future
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Recording files available
Lecture 2
Horton Lecture
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
  1:30 PM
L2.1
Elusive Elements of Evaporation and Runoff Behavior Hidden Within Traditional Hydrological Measurements
Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Recording files available
Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
  5:00 PM
L3.1
Fire in the Earth System: Interactions with the Atmosphere
Christine Wiedinmyer, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


94th AMS Awards Banquet

Thursday, 6 February 2014

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9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Lunch Break

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


AMS 94th Annual Meeting Adjourns
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