Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Program Chairs:
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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
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
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
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:
Panelists:
Speaker:
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
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
Panel Discussion
1
Welcome and Opening Addresses
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Panelists:
Welcome and Opening Addresses from the AMS Board on Environment and Health, CDC, NASA, and NOAA. Join to hear updates and progress from a global perspective and with the U.S. from an agency perspective.
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
1
Heat Models-International Perspectives and Applications
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Globally there is evidence of increased surface temperatures either maximum daily highs and/or reduced nighttime cooling. Papers in this session explore the different applications and explorations around the globe on this growing trend.
2:15 PM
Discussion
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Poster Session
1
Fifth Conference on Environment and Health Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Fifth Conference on Environment and Health Poster Session
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
2
Perspectives of Biometeorology
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Papers in this session address the environment-human interactions, covering in some aspect physical-biological relationships and data needed to explore interactions.
5:15 PM
Discussion
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Reception and Exhibits Opening
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
3
Heat and Human Health Models
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
The key elements and variables in environment and health models are explored and addressed on heat, water, and vector-borne diseases.
9:30 AM
Discussion
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
Panel Discussion
2
Extremes and Human Health: Building Resilience to Heat Stress
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Moderator:
Panelists:
11:15 AM
Welcoming Remarks
11:45 AM
PD2.2
Extremes and Human Health: Building Resilience to Heat Stress: John Nairn
12:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Joint Session
3
Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Exploring Impacts at the Intersection of Population Change, Health, and National Security
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium
)
Cochairs:
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-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Joint Session
5
Research to Operations: Building Requirements for Health I
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Chair:
Covering a range of environment and health topics (heat, vector borne, water, and hospital protection), this session explores the methods, and data and collaborations employed to build requirements for health.
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-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Health Infrastructure Panel
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
)
Panelists:
3:30 PM
Sustainable and Climate Resilient Healthcare Infrastructure: Robin Guenther
4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Joint Session
4
Food Security
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
)
Cochairs:
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
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
)
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
4
The Built Environment and Health: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Papers and discussions in this session will explore adaptation and mitigation strategies that advance society to live in harmony with its ever-changing environment.
9:15 AM
4.4
9:45 AM
Discussion
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 )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
5
Vector borne, Water borne and Zoonotic diseases
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Research on vector-, water-borne and zoonotic diseases are explored, highlighting research methods and findings.
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
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
)
Joint Session
8
Research to Operations: Building Requirements for Health II
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Chair:
Covering a range of environment and health topics (heat, vector borne, water, and hospital protection), this session explores the methods, data and collaborations employed to build requirements for health.
2:15 PM
Discussion
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
6
Cardio and Respiratory Health
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
(e.g., pollution policies and scientific evidence of increased inversions, leading to cardio and respiratory health complications)
5:00 PM
6.5
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
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
)
5:30 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
3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Registration Closes
5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
AMS 94th Annual Meeting Adjourns