Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
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
Session
1A
Citizen Science - Learning from Crowd Sourcing
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Cochairs:
This session will explore both the mechanisms and use of environmental information provided by citizen scientists and what motivates people to be involved in such efforts. We seek submissions covering studies of motivations to participate, engagement strategies, technology employed, and policy and decision-making applications resulting from the information. The role of social media or how information/observations can accentuate perception of a particular weather or climate event may be explored as well. Examples of citizen science programs include the National Phenology Network, CoCoRaHS, mPING, and the Drought Impact Reporter, although any project from local to national scale is encouraged to participate.
Session
1B
Policy and Socio-Economic Research Methods and their Applications
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Joint Session
1
Road Weather Applications
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
)
Cochairs:
Session
2
Citizen Science - Strategies for Engagement
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
CoChair:
2:15 PM
Discussion
Joint Session
2
WRN and Social Science Awards
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
and the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
)
Chair:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Poster Session
1
Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
General poster session for the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Poster 355 has been moved. New paper number 2.2A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
A Tour of the Federal Policy Landscape for the AMS Community
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Moderator:
Panelists:
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
3A
Tornadoes: Warning Systems, Information, and Decision Making
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
Session
3B
Using Socioeconomic Scenarios to Understand Future Impacts of Weather and Climate
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
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
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:
Session
4
Economic and Social Impacts and Vulnerability to Weather and Hazards
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
11:15 AM
4.2
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
Panel Discussion
2
Hear from Your Program Manager: An Overview of Disaster Programs Across Federal Agencies
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Moderator:
Panelists:
This panel session convenes program managers of natural disaster programs in NASA, NOAA, FEMA, and the National Science Foundation. Panelists will discuss their programs and role in the federal disaster portfolio. They will describe the 2014 budget outlook for their programs and current priorities. Finally, panelists will provide an outlook for their program in the near-term and long-term, including new directions and emerging needs to be addressed.
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
3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
1
International Panel Discussion - Climate Services to Support Risk-Informed Decision-Making for Building Resilience to Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
the 14th Presidential Forum;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Moderators:
Panelists:
Speaker:
Everyday news from many corners of the world point to more loss of life and significant direct and indirect economic losses caused by the disasters related to weather-, water- and climate-related hazards. Building resilience to disasters and protecting critical infrastructure (e.g., transportation, health, water management, energy, agriculture and food security, etc) are at the core of priorities of international cooperation in disaster risk reduction, facilitated through the adoption of Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) by 168 countries at the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction (2005, Kobe, Japan). HFA has resulted in a paradigm shift from post disaster response to a comprehensive approach that would also include prevention and preparedness measures. HFA has facilitated unprecedented international cooperation among international development, humanitarian and scientific and technical agencies to assist Member States with a coordinated approach to build resilience to disasters. Furthermore, under the UNFCCC international agreements and related Damage and Loss Programme as well as the Global Framework for Climate Services, critical developments are underway to facilitate provision of science-based climate services to support risk-informed decision-making. Effective inter- and intra-sectoral risk reduction measures should be -informed, be underpinned by clear and consistent policies, legislation and legal frameworks at all levels of government and leverage partnerships (public and private). This workshop will explore opportunities of the weather and climate services to support risk analysis and provide fundamental information as input to policy development and risk-based decision-making tools, used by practitioners to reduce impacts and develop resilience of built environment to extreme events.
4:00 PM
CMA Experience in Climate Service to Support Risk Management: Jiao Meiyan
Session
5
Ways of Speaking: The Role of Language and Culture in the Production, Communication, and Interpretation of Weather Information
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
5:15 PM
Discussion
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
Joint Session
5
Engaging Social Sciences for Creating a Weather-Ready Nation - Part I
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
9
Identifying the Needs and Opportunities of Small and Medium-Sized Communities for Data, Information, and Integrated Tools for Enhanced Decision Support - Part I: Users
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
Communities of all sizes across the nation are being forced to think about our changing and increasingly variable weather and climate conditions. This includes not only coastal communities where sea-level rise and increased tropical activity is a concern, but inland communities as well where drought, wildfire, flooding, and winter storms are also of concern. While many of the larger communities have resources available to enable full-time research, planning, and scenario development efforts, smaller and medium-sized communities typically do not. More specifically, data and tools are not always available to small and medium-sized communities due to reduced budgets and funding opportunities. Further complicating the situation is the lack of knowledge that data and tool providers often have in terms of understanding what the data and information needs are of these communities. A better understanding of these needs would likely enable opportunities for more enhanced and integrated decision making tools to be developed for small and medium-sized communities that could help address the changing and variable weather and climate conditions. The first of this two-part session will feature four speakers repressing small and medium-sized communities from across the U.S.
8:45 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 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
Joint Session
6
Engaging Social Sciences for Creating a Weather-Ready Nation - Part II
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
10
Identifying the Needs and Opportunities of Small and Medium-Sized Communities for Data, Information, and Integrated Tools for Enhanced Decision Support - Part II: Providers
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
In order to provide a complete picture of the needs of and options available to small and medium-sized communities, the second of this two-part session will explore solutions which take advantage of scientific inquiry, technological advances, societal implications, and public awareness. In response to presentations in the first session, which focuses on the needs of these communities for environmental information, data, and analysis tools for the purpose of interpreting and developing responses to changing weather and climate conditions, the second session identifies potential integrated decision support tools to support small and medium-sized communities to address these requirements which are available in the academic, public, and private sectors of the hydro-meteorological enterprise.
11:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
12:15 PM
Discussion
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
)
Panel Discussion
3
Forecasting and Response to the 20 May 2013 Oklahoma City Area Tornado
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Organizer:
Session
6
Research Providing Decision-Support Tools for Extreme Weather and Natural Disaster Management
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
A session is proposed that highlights research offering decision-support tools for disaster risk reduction to the built environment. This session idea is inspired by conversations between the AMS and the NASA Applied Sciences Program and learning about the vast array of research that can assist decision makers involved with weather and disaster management. For example, current research addresses improvements to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's flood forecasts through incorporation of ensemble weather data sets. Another project analyzes volcanic clouds in order to guide aviation alerts. There is even a portfolio of wildfire research that provides tools like using remote sensing and satellite imagery to improve fire monitoring and management. We are interested in abstract submissions highlighting research that provides tools to assist decision makers in weather and disaster management. This session fits nicely with the annual meeting's theme of exploring tools to manage risks, such as extreme weather and natural disasters, to the built environment.
1:30 PM
6.1
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
Joint Session
7
Observing Weather and Environment along the Nation's Transportation Corridors
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
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
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
2
The President's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools;
the 14th Presidential Forum;
the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
On December 7, 2012, President Obama issued an Executive Order forming the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, directed to coordinate recovery efforts across the federal government as well as with state, local, and tribal governments. The Task Force developed the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy to address current and future vulnerabilities and provide long-term risk management strategies. Scientists from several federal science agencies and departments - including the NOAA, NASA, USGS, DHS – contributed to the Task Force with a focus on science and technology (S&T) through the Task Force Science Coordination Group.
In addition, the White House National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR) also mobilized a post-Sandy effort to determine lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy and identify new opportunities where the federal government's S&T resources could be utilized for future disaster events. The SDR produced a series of recommendations for the Science Coordination Group, with a particular focus on geospatial and remote sensing data for natural hazards.
The panel includes invited speakers from the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, the Task Force Science Coordination Group, and the White House NSTC SDR. The panelists will discuss the recommendations for better utilizing federal S&T resources as well as the strategies developed to reduce current and future vulnerabilities to natural hazards.
Session
7
Climate Change Adaptation - Perceptions of Environmental Change
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Themed Joint Poster Session
2
Poster Session on Hurricane Sandy and the Built Environment
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools;
the 14th Presidential Forum;
the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
)
Cochairs:
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
8
Climate Change Adaptation - Drought
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
Themed Joint Session
12
Weather and Climate Perspectives of Superstorm Sandy
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools;
the 14th Presidential Forum;
the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
)
Chair:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
9
Climate Change Adaptation - Policy, Planning and Tools
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
1:30 PM
9.1
Themed Joint Session
13
Societal Impacts Related to Superstorm Sandy
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools;
the 14th Presidential Forum;
the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
)
Chair:
2:00 PM
TJ13.3
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 )
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Themed Joint Session
14
Modeling of Superstorm Sandy
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools;
the 14th Presidential Forum;
the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
)
Chair:
3:30 PM
TJ14.1
5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
AMS 94th Annual Meeting Adjourns