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7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Workshop
A Beginner's Course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
Workshop
Advanced Python for Climate Science: from Numpy and Beyond
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
1
Welcoming Remarks
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
9:00 AM
Welcome from the Student Conference Planning Committee: Rosimar Rios-Berrios, Kelsey Mulder and Ethan Peck, Student Conference Co-Chairs
9:15 AM
Welcome from the AMS, Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, President of the AMS
9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
2
Get the Most out of this Conference: How to Develop Yourself as a Professional
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
3
Extreme Weather Events
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
4
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Networking Lunch
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
1:15 PM-3:15 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
5
Conversations with Professionals
(Each Discussion will be 15 minutes, then 5 minutes for rotations)
Location: Rooms C207, C209, C210, C211, C212, C213, C301, and C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
AMS Student Chapter Town Hall Meeting (Specifically for Student Chapter Officers, but Open to All)
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Presider:
3:15 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Break
3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Session
6
Weather Outside the Lines
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
Panel of Young Professionals
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014
Career Fair and Graduate School Reception
Sunday, 2 February 2014
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
8:30 AM-9:20 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Session
7
Keynote Speaker
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
8:30 AM
TBA
8:45 AM
Message from the Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award Winner. Dr. Daniel Keyser, University of Albany, Albany, NY
8:30 AM-4:30 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Workshop
Statistical Analysis of Weather and Climate Extremes
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Workshop
A Beginner's Course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
Workshop
Advanced Python for Climate Science: from Numpy to Parallel Computing
Location: Room C108 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
Workshop
Integrating WRF and Other Model Output with Remote and In-situ Observational Datasets using Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
Workshop
Intermediate Python: Data Visualization with Matplotlib
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
Workshop
Introduction to Using 'Quantum GIS' as an Integrating Tool for Atmospheric and Social Sciences
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Registration Open for Annual Meeting
9:20 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Break
9:30 AM-10:40 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Panel Discussion
2
Breakout Panel Discussions: Understanding Sectors within Meteorology
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
9:30 AM
* Rotation 1 is from 9:30-10:00am & Rotation 2 is from 10:10-10:40am *
Panel Discussion
2A
Panel a: Academia
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator:
Panel Discussion
2B
Panel B: Private Sector
Location: Room C301 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator:
Panel Discussion
2C
Panel C: Public Sector
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator:
10:45 AM-11:15 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Panel Discussion
3
Wrap-up Panel Session: The Weather Enterprise
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator:
11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Panel Discussion
4
National Climate Assessment (NCA) Panel
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator:
12:00 PM-12:15 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Session
Closing Remarks
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
WeatherFest
12:30 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Workshop
Weather to Risk It or Not: The Fundamentals of Weather and Risk Management
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
12:45 PM
Weather to Risk It or Not: The Fundamentals of Weather/Climate and Risk Management: Ian M. Giammanco
1:00 PM
Depicting Natural Hazard Risks in Catatropic Rick Modeling: Tim Doggett
1:00 PM-1:15 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Keynote Speaker Session
1
Opening Remarks
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Opening remarks from co-chairs of the Second Annual AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals and AMS President J. Marshall Shepherd
1:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Workshop
Soil Moisture Trends Using SMOS and SMAP Data: Principles and Applications in Numerical and Environmental Modeling
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Short Courses
1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Session
2A
Small Group Rotating Discussion: Workplace Skills for Early Career Professionals: How to Keep the Job You Currently Have
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Participants will divide into small rotating groups, speaking with other early, mid- and late-career professionals on topics related to skills and strategies necessary for establishing themselves in their new career.
Session
2B
Small Group Rotating Discussion: Workplace Skills for Early Career Professionals: How to Get the Next Job / Image Exposure
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Participants will divide into small rotating groups, speaking with other early, mid- and late-career professionals on topics related to skills and strategies necessary for establishing themselves in their new career.
Session
2C
Small Group Rotating Discussion: Workplace Skills for Early Career Professionals: How to Become a Leader
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Participants will divide into small rotating groups, speaking with other early, mid- and late-career professionals on topics related to skills and strategies necessary for establishing themselves in their new career.
Session
2D
Small Group Rotating Discussion: Workplace Skills for Early Career Professionals: How to Navigate a Diverse Workplace
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Participants will divide into small rotating groups, speaking with other early, mid- and late-career professionals on topics related to skills and strategies necessary for establishing themselves in their new career.
2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Session
8
In Their Rainboots: Simulating the Weather Enterprise
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
3:00 PM-3:15 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Coffee Break
Location: The Georgia World Congress Center
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
3:15 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
Supporting AMS Programs and Opportunities
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Moderator:
Panelists:
Members of the AMS leadership team will participate in a Town Hall forum with conference attendees, providing guidance on how the AMS supports early career professionals. Attendees will have the opportunity for an open question and answer period with AMS panelists.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Panel Discussion
2
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Moderator:
Panelists:
Panel discussion in Town Hall format where panelists will provide background regarding their early career experiences and offer guidance to attendees through an open question and answer session.
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 )
4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Keynote Speaker Session
3
Closing Remarks
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs:
Closing remarks from conference chairs of the Second Annual AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
5:00 PM-6:30 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Poster Session
1
Student Posters: All Topics
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
S128
5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014
Fellows Reception
Location: Room C301 (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
Coffee Break
Space Weather Coffee Break—Sponsored by Ball Aerospace
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
1
Python as a Software Integration Platform I
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
1
AI Techniques applied to environmental science
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
11:30 AM
1.3
Session
1
Advances in Observations and their Assimilation
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
11:45 AM
1.4
Session
1
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Shallow Cumuli, Stratiform, and Cirrus Clouds I
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
11:15 AM
1.2
Session
1
Applications in Hydrologic Analysis and Prediction Part I
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
1
Energy Applications for Weather/Climate Data Part I
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
1
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Part I)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 14th Presidential Forum
)
Chair:
Session
1
Keynote Session - 30 years of EIPT - What Lies Ahead
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
11:15 AM
Welcoming Remarks
11:30 AM
Panel Discussion
Joint Session
1
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Part I
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
"Land-climate interactions play a key role in the climate system. The land’s role in the climate system – its impact on atmospheric means
and variability across a broad range of timescales, ranging from hours to centuries, for past, present, and future climates – has been the
subject of much recent exploratory research. The meteorological, hydrological, biophysical, biogeochemical, ecosystem processes and the
boundary-layer processes that underlie the connections between climate and soil moisture, soil temperature, vegetation, snow, and frozen
soil, however, are not yet fully understood. The scarcity of relevant observations, the complexity of the underlying processes and
feedbacks, and the wide range of scales involved make the necessary investigations challenging. This session focuses on (1) interfaces
between climate, ecosystems, and the land branches of the energy, water, and carbon cycles and the impact of land processes on climate
variability and change as well as on extreme events (such as droughts and flooding); (2) dynamic, physical, and biogeochemical mechanisms by
which the land surface (e.g., soil moisture and temperature, albedo, snow, frozen soil, vegetation) influences atmospheric processes and
climate; (3) predictability associated with land-surface/atmosphere/ocean interaction and land initialization; (4)
impacts of land-cover and land use change on climate; (5) land-climate interactions in the context of climate variability and change, and (6)
application and analyses of large scale field data and observational networks (such as FLUXNET) for land/atmosphere studies. We welcome
papers addressing any of these topics. Please submit your abstract by August 1, 2013 to the AMS 94th Annual Meeting."
Session
1
Pre-college Education Initiatives I
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
11:00 AM
1.1
Session
1
Space Weather Agency Updates Part I
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
1
Statistical and Probabilistic Methods in Climate Analysis and Prediction–Part 1
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair:
11:00 AM
A prediction of the probability distributions of tropical cyclones tracks in the future climate around Japan: Kazue Suzuki
Session
1
Urban Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Session
1
Weather-Ready Nation Initiatives
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Weather-Ready Nation introduction and overview of initiatives such as Ambassadors and social science portfolio.
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.
Session
1A
Analysis and Forecasting of Heavy Precipitation and Flooding I
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Presentations on analysis and forecasting techniques focusing on heavy precipitation events, flooding, and related topics.
11:15 AM
1A.2
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
Forecast Center Overviews I: Recent Developments and Future Goals for NOAA Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
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:
Joint Session
3
Air and water-born transport and diffusion of contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant - Part 1
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA;
and the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Town Hall Meeting: #WeatherReady: Weather Warnings at the Heart of the Conversation
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Everyone talks about the weather, but what does everyone do about it? Hear diverse perspectives from government, the private sector, and international agencies on how they cut through the babble to ensure weather warnings are trusted and acted upon when severe weather threatens.
For additional information, please contact Douglas Hilderbrand (douglas.hilderbrand@noaa.gov) or Christopher Vaccaro (christopher.vaccaro@noaa.gov).
Session
Town Hall Meeting: Climate Information Needs for Financial Decision-Making
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Town Hall Meetings
This Town Hall will focus on the Policy Program’s recent study on climate information needs for financial decision-making. The study examined four key topics: 1) the conditions and criteria that influence returns on investment of major financial decisions, 2) the climate sensitivity of financial decisions, particularly in the United States, 3) climate information needs of financial decision-makers, and 4) potential new mechanisms to promote collaboration between scientists and financial decision-makers. Better understanding of these four topics will help improve the capacity in the United States for near-term financial decision-making based on the best available knowledge and information relating to the climate system. As a result, the study will enable leaders in business and government to make well-informed choices that help maximize long-term economic growth and social well-being in the United States.
For additional information, please contact Paul Higgins (phiggins@ametsoc.org)
Town Hall Meeting: NOAA’s Weather Modeling Strategy
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
In the wake of recent disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy, there is a new community awareness of the operational high-performance computing needs of NOAA. In response, NOAA is investing substantial additional resources to increase its operational computing capacity. The target of a 2 petaflop machine in 2018 represents a 10-fold increase from computing resources in 2013. These resources afford a rapid and radical evolution of the operational NOAA modeling suite over the next five years. However, to make it the best end-to-end system necessitates an unprecedented coordination among the modeling, forecaster, academic, and private sector user-communities.
In an effort to foster this coordination, the AMS Board for Operational Government Meteorologists and the AMS Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee are sponsoring a Town Hall Meeting on NOAA’s strategy for operational numerical weather prediction. In particular, the Town Hall will discuss NOAA’s strategy for applying these high performance computing resources to improve operational weather forecasting. NOAA officials will be present to explain the strategy and discuss current plans for the modeling system evolution. Special emphasis will be placed on plans to implement a global 10 km forecast system and the implementation of a CONUS storm scale ensemble. Representatives from the forecaster, academic, and private sector community will be present to discuss the opportunities and challenges the rapid evolution of the model suite presents.
For additional information, please contact Trisha Palmer (e-mail: trisha.palmer@noaa.gov.
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Workshop Session
1
Building the AOS Python Community
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
This workshop has two parts. First, we will have a community discussion regarding what packages, resources, tools, etc. do we need to build up the AOS Python community? Second, we will have some presentations regarding tools and methods for growing projects.
Session
1
Economic Value and Societal Benefits of the New Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites for Mitigating High Impact Weather and Climate Events, Part I
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Joint Session
1
Forecast Center Overviews II: Developments in NOAA Operational or Experimental Modeling Systems
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
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
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:
Joint Session
2
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Part II
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
2
AI Techniques for Decision Support
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
Session
2
Analysis and Forecasting of Heavy Precipitation and Flooding II
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Presentations on analysis and forecasting techniques focusing on heavy precipitation events, flooding, and related topics.
Session
2
Applications in Hydrologic Analysis and Prediction Part II
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
CoChair:
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
Session
2
Energy Applications Weather/Climate Data Part II
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Themed Joint Session
2
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Part II)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 14th Presidential Forum
)
Chair:
Session
2
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) I: Applications to High-Impact Weather Systems
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
2
Pre-college Education Initiatives II
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
2
Space Weather Agency Updates Part II
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
2
Statistical and Probabilistic Methods in Climate Analysis and Prediction—Part 2
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair:
Session
2
Urban Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies (II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
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:
Session
2A
Cloud Structure and Properties
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
1:45 PM
2A.2
Session
2B
Light Absorbing aerosols in snow and ice: measurement, modeling and their climatic and hydrological impact
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Joint Session
4
Air and water-born transport and diffusion of contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant - Part 2
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA;
and the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
)
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Poster Session
1
Applications in Hydrologic Analysis and Prediction Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
CoChair:
Joint Poster Session
1
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Poster Session
1
10thGOES-R/JPSS Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Posters for the 10th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Poster Session
1
Aerosol and Cloud
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chair:
poster session for Monday and Tuesday
Poster 371 is now 13.4A
387
Poster 392 is now 2B.4A
Poster Session
1
Artificial Intelligence Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
Poster Session
1
Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
416
418
Poster Session
1
Data Assimilation and Observing Systems: Techniques
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
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
Poster Session
1
Monday and Tuesday Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair:
CoChair:
6
Poster 7 will now be presented as 9A.3A
11
Poster Session
1
Monday and Tuesday Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Poster Session
1
Poster (Part I)
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
All posters
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
Poster Session
1
Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Poster Session
1
Poster Session (I)
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
288
290
Poster Session
1
Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Poster Session
1
Posters: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Organizer:
Poster 223 has been moved. New paper number is 5.1A
Poster 222 will also be presented at 7.2A
Poster 225 has been moved. New paper number is 1.2A
Poster Session
1
Space Weather Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Poster Session
1
Weather Analysis and Forecasting
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Poster Session 1
Poster Session 1: Posters covering the topics of: Analysis and Forecasting of Precipitation and Flooding; Forecast Centers; Other Weather Analysis and Forecasting Contributions
Joint Poster Session
2
Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
1
Air Pollution Instrumentation and the Role of Technology in Air Pollution Applications
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
3
High Density Weather Observing Networks Utilized in Wind/Solar Electric Generation
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
4:45 PM
3.4
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:
Panel Discussion
1
Panel Discussion On Innovative Community Resilience Efforts in Gainesville, Georgia.
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Moderator:
Panel Discussion
1
Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Applying AI Techniques to Environmental Science Problems
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Moderator:
Panelists:
4:00 PM
Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Applying AI Techniques to Environmental Science Problems: John Williams, Sue Haupt, Amy McGovern, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Philippe Tissot, Armando Pelliccioni
Session
1A
CMIP5 models: NOAA CMIP5 Task Force Session on Process-Oriented Diagnostics (Part I)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
NOAA CMIP5 task force
Session
1B
Teleconnections and climate modes and their influence on climate extremes (Part I)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
2
Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
5:15 PM
2.5
Session
2
Economic Value and Societal Benefits of the New Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites for Mitigating High Impact Weather and Climate Events, Part II
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
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
Session
2
Quasi-operational Systems: Products you can use now and in the future
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
3
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Part III
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
3
Aerosol-cloud interactions in shallow cumuli, stratiform and cirrus clouds II
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Session
3
Extreme Space Weather Events Part I
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
5:00 PM
3.5
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:
Session
3
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) II: Applications to Data Assimilation and Observing Strategies
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
3A
Forecast Center Overviews III: Other Forecast Centers
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Keynote presentations from large-scale weather analysis and forecasting centers, operational headquarters, and model developers on recent, ongoing, and future research activities.
Session
3B
Other Contributions to Weather Analysis and Forecasting
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Joint Session
4
Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
4
Satellite Technology Advances
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
TJ4.4
4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
3
Intersections of Global Climate Change and Urbanization
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
This session will explore papers related to quantification of combined effects of global climate change and urbanization including techniques to quantify combined signals, local consequences of global climate changes in urban environments, consequences on extreme weather events tendencies, associated analyses, observations, and modeling.
5:15 PM
3.6
4:45 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
2
Deposition, Resuspension and Dust Transport
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Session
4
Climate Data and Modeling Applied to Long-Term Renewable Energy Resource Development
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Reception and Exhibits Opening
7:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Town Hall Meeting: Planning for the future: Extreme weather, changing climate, and energy sustainability in large urban areas
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Panelists:
In 2012 there were 11 billion dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States according to the NCDC. Several of these disasters directly impacted major cities and urban areas. The high population density and increasing growth of large metropolitan areas makes stability and sustainability of energy of critical importance in the urban environment. An important factor in the stability and sustainability of energy in the urban environment is weather. Temperature extremes magnify energy demands in heavily populated areas, while storms like post-tropical storm Sandy present risks to the distribution grid. Extreme weather in a small geographic region can have large consequences for urban environments in terms of reliability and emergency management response . Cities are a great opportunity to increase weather dependent renewable energy production for reliability and for reduction of greenhouse gases. The climate is changing and weather extremes seem to be occurring more frequently. With this in mind, this town hall aims to discuss where do we go from here? This town hall meeting will be co-sponsored by the AMS Energy Committee and the AMS Board on the Urban Environment. Some of the possible questions for discussion are:
What are the meteorological and climate challenges of integrating more renewable energy generation in urban areas?
What are the evolving policies related to energy in the urban environment and are the aims of these policies realistic?
What research is needed by the meteorological and climate communities in order to promote energy sustainability , resiliency, and security in the urban environment?
What should urban areas be doing to adapt and mitigate the effects of extreme weather hazards and climate change?
Who should be leading the charge to make such changes – ie: private entities, local, state, federal governments, a collaboration?
For additional information, please contact Manda Adams (manda.adams@uncc.edu), Jorge Gonzalez (gonzalez@me.ccny.edu) orKevin Stenson (Kevin.Stenson@meteogroup.com).
7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014
Town Hall Meeting: Adapting to the New Normal—Building, Sustaining, and Improving our Weather and Climate Hazard Resilience
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Our operating environment has changed. Globalization, technological development, and the changing roles of individuals in society have reshaped the context within which we operate. At the same time, we are seeing more extreme weather, increases in the costs of natural disasters that are among the highest in the world, and greater disruption in disaster patterns. The growing interconnectedness of our world, technological interdependencies, economic and physical vulnerabilities, and changes in the climate underscore the need for improved and more active management of the risk environment nationally. As a Nation we often lack a full understanding of the true risk exposure over time from our decisions, be they land use, development, or engineering in nature – and more importantly, who bears the cost of that exposure. Is climate changing, and if so, in what ways? Is changing climate driving an increase in severe events? What are the implications of changing climate and severe events to our national security? What are our vulnerabilities? How do we prepare for, or avoid, the impacts of climate change?
Please join us as we welcome two pre-eminent speakers: FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate and Nobel Laureate Donald Wuebbles. Professor Wuebbles will first present the principal findings of the recent major international IPCC assessment report, of which he is a Coordinating Lead Author. Special guest speaker Administrator Fugate will then present a strategic vision to prepare for the impacts of climate change. Also to be shown is the Ultra-Fine resolution simulation of the evolution of Hurricane Sandy as it approached and made landfall, with catastrophic impacts over the northeastern United States created by a team of researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and Cray Inc.
W. Craig Fugate was confirmed by the US Senate and began his service as Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in May 2009. Under Fugate's leadership, emergency management has been promoted as a community and shared responsibility. FEMA has fostered resiliency, a community-oriented approach to emergency management to build sustainable and resilient communities. FEMA has instituted a permanent catastrophic planning effort to build the nation’s capacity to stabilize a catastrophic event within 72 hours. FEMA is implementing a National Preparedness System (PPD-8) to build unity of effort to address the nation's most significant risks. FEMA is supporting state and local governments with efforts to prepare for the impacts of climate change through "adaptation," which is planning for the changes that are occurring and expected to occur.
Prior to coming to FEMA, Fugate served as Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM). Fugate served as the Florida State Coordinating Officer for 11 Presidentially-declared disasters including the management of $4.5 billion in federal disaster assistance. In 2004, Fugate managed the largest federal disaster response in Florida history as four major hurricanes impacted the state in quick succession; Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. In 2005, Florida was again impacted by major disasters when three more hurricanes made landfall in the state; Dennis, Katrina and Wilma. The impact from Hurricane Katrina was felt more strongly in the gulf coast states to the west but under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact or EMAC, Florida launched the largest mutual aid response in its history in support of those states.
Fugate began his emergency management career as a volunteer firefighter, paramedic, and a Lieutenant with the Alachua County Fire Rescue. Eventually, he moved from exclusive fire rescue operations to serving as the Emergency Manager for Alachua County in Gainesville, Florida. He spent a decade in that role until May 1997 when he was appointed Bureau Chief for Preparedness and Response for FDEM. Within FDEM, Fugate's role as Chief of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) kept him busy in 1998, the SERT team was active for more than 200 days as a result of numerous floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and Hurricane Georges. Fugate and his wife Sheree hail from Gainesville, Florida. http://www.fema.gov/leadership/william-craig-fugate
Donald J. Wuebbles is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois. He is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences as well as an affiliate professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was the first Director of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment at Illinois, was the first Director of the Environmental Council at the University, and was Head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences for many years.
Professor Wuebbles is a Coordinating Lead Author for the next major international IPCC assessment of climate change that will be published in 2013 and is a leader in the next U.S. National Climate Assessment, being a member of the Executive Secretariat and the Federal Advisory Committee. Dr. Wuebbles is an expert in numerical modeling of atmospheric physics and chemistry. He has authored over 400 scientific articles, relating mostly to atmospheric chemistry and climate issues. He has been a lead author on a number of national and international assessments related to concerns about climate change. He has also been a lead author on national and international assessments relating to atmospheric chemistry and the effects of human activities on stratospheric and tropospheric ozone. Dr. Wuebbles and colleagues received the 2005 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has been honored by being selected a Fellow of three major professional science societies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Meteorological Society. He is the Chair of the Global Environmental Change Focus Group for the American Geophysical Union. He shares in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the international Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was a member of a federal advisory committee that assessed and in 2009 published a report on the potential impacts of climate change on the United States. http://www.atmos.illinois.edu/people/wuebbles.html
For additional information, please contact Phil Ardanuy (e-mail: PArdanuy@oceanleadership.org).
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
1
Case Studies Defining Coastal Hazards: Part I
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
This session includes talks on the following general topics:
1. Recent tropical and extra-tropical events (e.g. Superstorm Sandy and Storm NEMO)
2. Fukushima and atmospheric & oceanic dispersion
3. Storm and inundation (surge/flooding)
4. Ensemble forecasting in coastal zones and defining uncertainty
5. Climate projections in the coastal environment (downscaling and upscaling)
6. Ecological forecasting (e.g. WQ; HABs; Hypoxia)
7. Coastal fog and cloudiness
Joint Session
5
Special International Applications Session on The Impact and Meteorological Challenges of Volcanic Eruptions - Part I
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
and the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
)
Cochairs:
9:00 AM
J5.3
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
1
Applied Climatology
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Stanley A. Changnon Symposium
Chair:
9:30 AM
1.3
Session
1
Global Weather and Major Floods 2013
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
Chair:
This session will have a summary of the major global weather impacts that occurred in 2013, as well as some significant floods that had widespread impacts.
Session
1
Winter time air quality studies
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
2
Strengthening Community Resilience To Severe Weather
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
9:15 AM
2.4
Session
2A
CMIP5 models: NOAA CMIP5 Task Force Session on Process-Oriented Diagnostics (Part II)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Second portion of the session
Session
2B
General topics (Part I)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
8:30 AM
2B.1
Session
3
AI for Climate Informatics and Extreme Weather
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
Session
3
Evaluation Studies and Regulatory Air Quality Models - Part 1
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
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
Session
3
Innovative Approaches to Teaching Atmospheric Dynamics
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
3
Models and Modeling Tools and Frameworks
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
Session
3
Satellite Program Overviews and Status (joint with the Committee on Satellite Meteorology)
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
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
Session
4
Advances In Space Weather Observations, Modeling, and Applications
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
4
Aerosol impacts on extreme weather (lightning, storms, cyclones/hurricanes, floods/droughts, etc)- I
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Session
4
Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations I: Remote Sensing
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
4
Biometeorology and Public Health in Urban Areas
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Joint Session
4
Technology Supporting Earth Science Information
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Session
4A
Analysis and Forecasting of Severe Convective Storms I
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Session
4B
New Tools for Decision Support Services
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Joint Session
5
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Part IV
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
5
Energy User experiences with Weather/Climate Data
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
Joint Session
6
Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems Part I
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Chair:
CoChair:
"This session will focus on operational and other routinely-run systems for land-hydrology analysis, forecasting and related purposes, and the
procedures necessary for their execution. For example, the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) consists of land models
run in an uncoupled mode using atmospheric forcing to yield surface fluxes and evolving land states, and along with a corresponding
30-year model climatology, provides input for drought monitoring and seasonal hydrological prediction in the US. Please consider
submitting topics related to NLDAS and other land data assimilation system efforts."
9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
3
Methods for extreme value analysis, prediction, and evaluation
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair:
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 )
Poster Session
1
2WxClimate Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Poster Session
1
Atmospheric Chemistry Conference Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
272
Joint Poster Session
1
Posters: Analysis and Forecasting with Ensemble or Probabilistic Techniques
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Poster Session
2
Flood Prediction, Analysis, Decision Support, & Management Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Poster 43 will now be presented as Paper 3.1A
Poster Session
2
Severe Convective Storms; Decision Support; Ensemble NWP; Forecast Verification
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Poster Session 2
Poster Session 2: Posters on the topics of: Analysis and Forecasting of Severe Convective Storms; NWP Ensemble Guidance, Prob&Stat Applications of NWP Ensemble Forecasts; Forecast Verification Techniques; Decision Support Services
Poster 135 will now be presented as paper 5.2A
164
Joint Poster Session
3
Integrated Metrics and Benchmarking For Next Generation Hydro/Land Surface Modeling of the Water Cycle Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Joint Poster Session
4
Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Poster 52 will now be presented as J6.2A
53
Joint Poster Session
5
Regional Climate Modeling Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
422
11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
4
Python as a Software Integration Platform II
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
Session
6
Extreme Weather Events and Their Impacts on the Energy Industry
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
1
Welcome and Overview, Commission Highlights and Updates
Location: Room C301 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Cochairs:
This session will serve to highlight activities within the Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise.
Joint Session
2
Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Information Processing
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
2
Analysis and Forecasting with Ensemble or Probabilistic Techniques I
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Presentations featuring advancements or applications in ensemble prediction techniques, including modeling developments, new statistical techniques, and their applications.
Session
2
Biomass Burning Impacts on Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
2
Case Studies Defining Coastal Hazards: Part II
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
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
2
Research to Operations Pathway for Satellite Data Retrieval Algorithms
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
11:45 AM
J2.4
Session
2
US Weather Impacts
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
Chair:
Place holder depending on the types of abstracts we receive
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:
Session
3
Decision Support Services From International and Arctic Perspectives
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
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
3
Flood Prediction, Analysis, Decision Support, & Management Part I
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
3A
CMIP5 models: 20th and 21st century simulations (Part I)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
3B
Observed and projected changes in extremes (Part I)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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
Session
4
Evaluation Studies and Regulatory Air Quality Models - Part 2
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Session
5
Analysis and Forecasting of Severe Convective Storms II
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
11:15 AM
5.2A
Session
5
Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations II: Remote Sensing
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
5
Extreme Space Weather Events Part II
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
5
Impacts of Aerosols and Urban Environments on Precipitation
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
5
Impacts of Aerosols on Storm Dynamics, Cloud Physics, and Precipitation–I
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Joint Session
6
Special International Applications Session on The Impact and Meteorological Challenges of Volcanic Eruptions - Part II
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium;
and the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
)
Cochairs:
overflow papers
Joint Session
7
Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems Part II
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
J7.3
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Lunch Break
Stanley a. Changnon Luncheon
Location: Room B401 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Stanley a. Changnon Luncheon
Location: Room B401 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Workshop
Inside AMS Publications Workshop
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Town Hall Meeting: Advances in Direct Broadcast Capabilities and Applications for JPSS and other Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Moderator:
Direct Broadcast (DB) technology is rapidly evolving to better leverage the expanded observing capabilities offered by the new generation of polar-orbiting environmental satellites. DB offers the user many advantages such as lower costs, reduced data latency, the ability to network with other DB sites to create wider regional or even global coverage, and, very importantly, the ability to combine data from other sources to generate locally-unique products. During this Town Hall you will learn more about these new DB capabilities, actual user experiences and also community-wide software programs, such as the Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP), which bring this DB technology to reality for worldwide DB users.
For additional information, please contact Gary McWilliams (gary.mcwilliams@noaa.gov), 240-684-0597.
Town Hall Meeting: Learning and Teaching Python
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Are you interested in learning Python for doing work in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences (AOS) or in teaching Python to AOS users? This Town Hall is for you! Panelists will discuss different resources for learning AOS Python, their experiences in teaching Python to AOS users, and will field questions from the audience about learning and teaching Python.
For additional information, please contact Johnny Lin (johnny@johnny-lin.com).
Town Hall Meeting: NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) Town Hall Meeting
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
This Town Hall session will provide an opportunity for the earth science community to interact with members of the leadership team and staff of the Earth Science Division (ESD) of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Brief presentations by the ESD leadership will precede a longer opportunity for audience questions. Topics to be addressed in the Town Hall session include scientific accomplishments and programmatic milestones from the past year, current programmatic directions, and NASA’s progress towards implementing the missions identified in the June 2010 report "Responding to the Challenge of Climate and Environmental Change:NASA’s Plan for a Climate-Centric Architecture for Earth Observations and Applications from Space" which incorporates recommendations from the National Research Council’s 2007 Decadal Survey for Earth Science, “Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond.” Recent developments in the Venture Class program and the non-flight parts of the NASA program (research and analysis, applied sciences, technology) and NASA's involvement in interagency and international programs will also be reviewed.
For additional information, please contact Jack A. Kaye (202-358-2559, Jack.A.Kaye@nasa.gov).
Town Hall Meeting: Requestable NSF Lower Atmospheric Observing Facilities for Scientific Research and Project-based Education
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
This Town Hall Meeting will introduce participants to the suite of available National Science Foundation (NSF) observational research platforms and services available through the five Lower Atmospheric Observing Facilities (LAOF) partner organizations, and provide a clear roadmap on how to request these facilities in support of scientific field campaigns and educational activities. Facility Managers, experienced users of LAOF, and NSF representatives will provide information, guidance and advice on how to incorporate available instruments and platforms into an experiment design, what steps need to be taken to request one or more of these facilities, and how to maximize the success of a campaign.
Through its Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), NSF provides multi-user national facilities through their LAOF Program in support of the geosciences community at no cost to the investigator. These facilities, which include research aircraft, radars, lidars, surface and sounding systems, receive NSF base support and are eligible for deployment funding. While the program management resides within AGS in the NCAR/Facilities Section (NFS), the facilities are managed and operated by the five LAOF partner organizations - the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Colorado State University (CSU), the University of Wyoming (UWY), the Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR) and the Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS).
Observational facilities are available on a competitive basis to all qualified researchers from universities, NCAR and other government agencies requiring these research platforms and associated services to carry out various research objectives. The deployment of all facilities is driven by scientific merit, capabilities of a specific facility to carry out the proposed observations, and scheduling for the requested time.
For additional information, please contact Alison Rockwell (email: rockwell@ucar.edu).
Town Hall Meeting: Social Science and a New Watch/Warning Paradigm: What Can We Apply and What Is Still Unknown?
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
A new paradigm in severe weather watches and warnings is being formulated, developed and evaluated by the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and the National Weather Service's (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC). Known as FACETs, or Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats, the paradigm seeks to integrate relevant disciplines of social science into every aspect of its development so as to ensure the greatest possible societal value and impact. While extensive research and development have been conducted on the physical sciences side of the “warning system,” the social science research (as it pertains to severe weather warnings) is still in a somewhat nascent stage – but growing in multiple social science disciplines. The panel, representing social and physical science communities, will engage in identifying what past and current social science research findings might be applicable to FACETs (or any new watch/warning paradigm), the degree to which these findings may be applicable, and what gaps still exist between our social science needs and knowledge. A goal of this Town Hall discussion is to facilitate a network of interested researchers and stakeholders in developing a repository of past and current research that can integrate with the development of FACETS; and to begin identifying the needs for new social science research (and the requisite researchers) to fill existing gaps in research foundations for the development of FACETS. This will be a participative discussion involving the panelists and the audience, and will serve as an extension of similar conversations at the 2013 AMS Broadcasters' Conference and Weather Ready Nation Meetings of 2011 and 2012. This is jointly sponsored by 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.
For additional information, please contact Lans Rothfusz (Lans.Rothfusz@noaa.gov) or Laura Myers (drlauramyers@gmail.com).
Town Hall Meeting: Spirituality and the Atmospheric Sciences II
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
At the 2013 AMS General Meeting, members had an open microphone to discuss the impacts of faith on their perception of the state of the environment. Members were also introduced to several interfaith organizations that work with spiritual communities to promote “good stewardship” of the environment and promote spiritual activism on behalf of global warming. During this town hall meeting, there will again be an opportunity for public comment and sharing from AMS members of various faiths followed by presentations from two members that contrast the perspectives of “sacred activism as a spiritual calling” and “faith-based responses.”
For additional information, please contact Tim Miner (thminer@aol.com).
1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
5
Teaching
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
3
Modeling Analysis and Forecasting: Part I
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
Session
3B
Information Systems Technologies for Generation, Communication, and Interpretation of Satellite Data
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
3B.1
Session
4
Informal Education, including Citizen Science
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
CoChair:
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Joint Session
1
Atmospheric Circulations Part I
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes
)
Chair:
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.
Session
3
Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry Measurements I
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
Joint Session
3
Analysis and Forecasting with Ensemble or Probabilistic Techniques II
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Presentations featuring advancements or applications in ensemble prediction techniques, including modeling developments, new statistical techniques, and their applications.
Joint Session
3
Enterprise Topics around a Weather-Ready Nation
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
and the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Chair:
Session
3
Tornadoes and Impacts in 2013
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
Chair:
This session will include topics on Major Weather Impacts of 2013 in the US. It will end with presentations on the Oklahoma tornadoes in May 2013. That will lead into the final session of the day, a panel discussion on the Tornadoes of 2013 from 330 pm to 530 pm.
Session
3A
AWIPS II System Update
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
4
Flood Prediction, Analysis, Decision Support, & Management Part II
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
4
Preparing User Communities for the New Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Session
4A
Teleconnections and climate modes and their influence on climate extremes (Part II)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
4B
Observed and projected changes in extremes (Part II)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
5
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Shallow Cumuli, Stratiform, and Cirrus Clouds III
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
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.
Session
5
The Effects of Meteorology on Air Quality - Part 1
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
2:00 PM
5.3
Session
6
Analysis and Forecasting of Severe Convective Storms III
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Session
6
Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations III: Remote Sensing and In-Situ
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Themed Joint Session
6
History of urban climate research and presentation of the BUE award to David Sailor
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment;
the 12th History Symposium;
and the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium
)
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
6
History of urban climate research and presentation of the BUE award to David Sailor
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment;
the 12th History Symposium;
and the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium
)
Cochairs:
Session
6
New Instruments and Techniques For Optical Remote Sensing Of Upper Atmosphere
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Joint Session
8
Regional Climate Modeling Part I
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
While climate variability and change are largely governed by global phenomena adaptation to climate phenomena is primarily a regional and local problem. Regional climate models (RCMs) play an important role in downscaling global climate model information to the regional and local scale - at which local stakeholders and decision makers operate. In this session, we solicit talks related to the development and application of RCMs. We welcome talks focusing on diagnosis and evaluation of RCMs with in situ and remote sensing observations, improved physical parameterizations, and the relationship between large-scale climate variability and change with local phenomena. Application of RCMs to hydrological, ecological, agricultural and water resources management problems, including the prediction of hydrologic extremes, are also welcome.
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-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
7
Medium-range, sub-seasonal and seasonal scale forecast techniques and modeling for energy demand
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
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
Session
5B
General topics (Part III)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
4
Cloud Computing
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
3:30 PM
4.1
Session
4
Modeling Analysis and Forecasting: Part II
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
Challenges and Opportunities in Communicating Weather and Climate Information
Location: Room C301 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderators:
Panelists:
Panel discussion with participation from public, private, academic, media on the current state of challenges in weather and climate change communications. Some additional speaker invites were still outstanding at time of program finalization.
Panel Discussion
1
Services update
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair:
Panel Discussion
Session
4
AI techniques for Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Session
1
Perspectives on Climate and Weather Analyzed through the Lens of History
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th History Symposium
Chair:
Session
4
Impacts of Oil and Gas Industry Emissions on Atmospheric Chemistry
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
combine off shore session and shale oil and gas
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
Panel Discussion
1
May 2013 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreaks: Science, Service, Communication, Preparedness, Mitigation and Resiliency
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013
Moderators:
Panelists:
Cochairs:
This panel of experts, many with personal connections to the events of May 2013 will discuss topics posed to them by the Moderators in regards to: 1.) User-Driven impact based forecasts/warnings 2.) Integration of social and natural sciences into services 3.) Service delivery across the weather enterprise 4.) Community planning and impacts mitigation.
The audience will also be able to ask questions and engage in the discussion as well.
This session will be moderated by Doyle Rice from USA Today, and Andrew Freedman from Climate Central, asking our invited guest panelists questions regarding the significant tornado events that impacted Oklahoma in May 2013. The questions will focus on the following topics relevant to the 2013 Annual AMS theme: -User driven impact-based forecasts/warnings -Integration of social and natural sciences into services -Service delivery across the weather enterprise -Community planning and impacts mitigation The audience will have a chance to interact and ask questions with the moderators and panel speakers.
Session
2
Weather and Climate Extremes
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Stanley A. Changnon Symposium
Chair:
Joint Session
3
Innovative Transition and Integration of New Observational Platforms and Modeling Technologies and Techniques
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
3:30 PM
Developing Parameters to Nowcast Intense Storms within the 0-1 Hour Time Frame: John Mecikalski
Joint Session
4
Analysis and Forecasting with Ensemble or Probabilistic Techniques III
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Presentations featuring advancements or applications in ensemble prediction techniques, including modeling developments, new statistical techniques, and their applications.
3:45 PM
J4.2
Session
4
Innovative Partnerships In Public Outreach and Decision Support Services
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
5
Suomi-NPP /JPSS Cal/Val Program Status
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
4:30 PM
5.5
Session
5
University Initiatives
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 23rd Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
3:30 PM
5.1
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
Session
5A
General topics (Part II)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
6
Aerosol impacts on extreme weather (lightning, storms, cyclones/hurricanes, floods/droughts, etc)-II
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chair:
Session
6
The Effects of Meteorology on Air Quality - Part 2
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Session
7
Analysis and Forecasting of Severe Convective Storms IV
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Session
7
General Contributions
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Joint Session
9
Regional Climate Modeling Part II
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
10
Integrated Metrics and Benchmarking For Next Generation Hydro/Land Surface Modeling of the Water Cycle
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Chair:
Cochairs:
The 28th Conference on Hydrology and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences is proposing a joint session on next generation, integrated metrics for water cycle modeling from a hydrological and land surface modeling perspective. The advancements in theoretical and computational capabilities provide tremendous opportunities but offer the scientific community challenges in the verification of each of the complex components and their interactions. Hydrology can be considered the "system response" to many of the coupled systems being modeled, so a particular interest of this session will be to explore the verification challenges in many hydrologic variables, such as, precipitation, evaportransporation, streamflow, groundwater and soil moisture. In addition, the development of a common, systematic set of measures will improve the "observability" of various model outputs from these systems. This session will focus on highlighting integrated diagnostic, verification and benchmarking techniques and metrics that promote systematic error and uncertainty quantification across complex modeling components, with the end user in mind. The 'Integrated' metrics refer to measures that examine the hydrological models as a "system" rather than a single variable and/or component (e.g. evaluating the water balance components simultaneously) and are needed to verify the new advancement in earth system modeling, such as the coupling of atmosphere, hydrologic, land surface, ocean and cryosphere earth systems. We invite contributions that lead towards the definition and refinement of such standardized measures of model performance for the land surface and hydrologic community.
Joint Session
11
Urban Hydroclimate and Flood
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment;
and the 28th Conference on Hydrology
)
Cochairs:
3:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Workshop Session
2
Aoslib Code Sprint
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
A code sprint working on the open-source Python package aoslib (https://github.com/PyAOS/aoslib). All are welcome, even if you have never participated in a code sprint before!
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Joint Session
2
Extreme Weather Events Part I
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes
)
Chair:
4:45 PM
J2.4
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:
Session
6
Dynamics and predictability of weather and climate extreme events (Part I)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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
)
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.
5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
S1
MRED Strategy Session
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
5:45 PM-6:45 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Town Hall Meeting: Seamless Prediction from High Impact Weather to Seasonal Timescales—The National Earth System Prediction Capability
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Federal Leaders from NOAA and DoD will discuss their needs, interests, and ongoing development activities in several multi-agency projects to improve National predictive capability. This will include a review of ongoing efforts to accelerate the transition of new technologies into operations and the hands of forecasters. Session to include question and answer period, with participation from other U.S environmental research sponsor agencies also connected to these efforts.
For additional information, please contact David McCarren (e-mail: david.mccarren @noaa.gov).
6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Town Hall Meeting on SMAP Mission
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Applications Program is geared towards identifying and fostering research that will provide fundamental knowledge of how SMAP mission data products can be scaled and integrated into users’ policy, business and management activities to improve decision-making efforts. We define applications as innovative uses of mission data products in decision-making activities for societal benefit.
As SMAP draws closer to its launch date of October 31, 2014, the mission is increasing its focus on communicating with users of SMAP data. Through our work with the SMAP community and early adopters we have learned that there are challenges the mission can address prior to launch that will increase the number and impact of scientific applications of SMAP data. Because the use of SMAP data is different for each user, it is important to understand the individual resolution, access and accuracy concerns about SMAP data by thematic discipline.
As a result of the 2012 SMAP Prelaunch Professional Review, we are proposing this Town Hall meeting to provide information about existing soil moisture data from Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, soil moisture data from AMSR-E and discuss how they relate to plans for future soil moisture data from SMAP. SMAP will benefit from the SMOS historical data record and provide continuity for soil moisture retrievals. This Town Hall will serve as a platform to elicit the information needed to develop technical workshops that will enhance the use of SMAP soil moisture data after launch.
The SMAP applications program can help ensure that flood planning, drought monitoring products, and agriculture production assessments that plan to use SMAP data will save time and effort in incorporating the data after launch. We will communicate the details of the mission and address the questions of the interested communities who attend.
For additional information, please contact Vanessa Escobar (e-mail: vanessa.escobar@nasa.gov.)
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
8:15 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
1
Extreme Weather Consulting Opportunities: Before
Location: Room B403 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
Cochairs:
8:20 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
1
Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part I
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Chair:
8:20 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:25 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
8
The Sun-Earth Connection: Ignore it at your peril! Part I
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
A hundred years ago, the Sun-Earth connection was of interest to only a small number of scientists. Solar activity had little effect on daily life. Today, a single strong solar flare could bring civilization to its knees. Modern society has come to depend on technologies sensitive to solar radiation and geomagnetic storms. Particularly vulnerable are intercontinental power grids, satellite operations and communications, and GPS navigation. These technologies are woven into the fabric of daily life, from health care and finance to basic utilities. Thus, it has never been more important for scientists studying Earth systems to collaborate with space scientists to understand the entire Sun–Earth connection. Both short- and long-term forecasting models are urgently needed to mitigate the effects of solar storms and to anticipate their collective impact on aviation, astronaut safety terrestrial climate and others. Even during a relatively weak solar maximum, the potential consequences that such events can have on society are too important to ignore.
8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
1
Welcome and Keynote
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Chair:
8:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks, Matthew Ramey
Session
7
The Effects of Meteorology on Air Quality - Part 3
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
1
Advances in Satellite Observations and Earth Science
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
8:45 AM
1.2
Session
1
Air Traffic Management
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
Joint Session
3
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Energy
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
and the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
Cochairs:
9:15 AM
J3.4
Joint Session
4
Atmospheric Circulations Part II
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes
)
Cochairs:
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
Session
5
Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry Measurements II
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
Joint Session
5
Applications of Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction I: Ensemble and Hybrid Data Assimilation
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
5
Edward S. Epstein Symposium, Part I
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Edward S. Epstein Symposium;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
8:30 AM
Opening remarks, introduction of Epstein family, and Ed's early life--Bob Glahn and Dick Hallgren
9:30 AM
J5.2
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:
Session
5
Modeling Analysis and Forecasting: Part III
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
Session
5
Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future- Part I
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
6
Modeling, Observation, and Input Data Requirements for Understanding and Predicting Interdisciplinary Urban Phenomenon (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Session
6
New Capabilities in Satellite Ground Processing Systems
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
7
From Forecaster to Water Manager Part I: Use and Application of Climatologic and Hydrologic Forecasts and Understanding in Managing Water Resources
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Three sub-sessions comprising invited speakers and solicited papers/panels and facilitated discussion involving forecasters, water resource utilities: (1) Adapting to a Changing Climate focused on water resources management; (2) Forecasters and Water Managers: Communicating Risk and Uncertainty; and (3) Inside a Pressure Cooker: Understanding how Water Utilities View the World and How Meteorology Fits Inside. All would include special attention to extremes consistent with the overall Meeting Theme.
Session
7
Impacts of Aerosols on Storm Dynamics, Cloud Physics, and Precipitation—II
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chair:
CoChair:
8:30 AM
Aerosol Impacts on California Winter Clouds and Precipitation: Local Pollution versus Long-Range Transported Dust: Jiwen Fan
Session
7
Tropical Atmosphere and Ocean I: Observations
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
9:30 AM
7.5
Session
7A
Detection and attribution of climate change with a focus on extremes (Part I)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
7B
Statistical techniques for the quantification of climate extremes (Part I)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
8
Analysis and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones I
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
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
Joint Session
12
Drought Analysis and Prediction Part I
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
We are pleased to announce that the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting, held 2-6 February, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA, will include a session on Drought Prediction and Applications as part of the 28th Conference on Hydrology and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change.
Drought is a multi-faceted phenomenon that challenges our current prediction capabilities. Taking drought prediction and hydrological applications to the next level requires advances in understanding, monitoring, communications and water resources management. Specific topics addressed by presenters might include:
• Current prediction science and skill at various lead times;
• Innovative management uses of that science;
• Case studies illustrating advances in understanding, monitoring and prediction
9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
Extreme Weather Consulting Opportunities: Before
Location: Room B403 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Spouses' Coffee
9:15 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
Tech Tools and Tips
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Moderator:
Panelist:
Session
8
Advances in Aerosol Prediction and Chemical Data Assimilation and Improvements in Emissions for Air Quality Prediction - Part 1
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Coffee Break
Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
2
AMS Oral History Program
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Chair:
Session
2
Extreme Weather Consulting Opportunities: During
Location: Room B403 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
Cochairs:
Session
9
Advances in Aerosol Prediction and Chemical Data Assimilation and Improvements in Emissions for Air Quality Prediction - Part 2
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Session
9
The Sun-Earth Connection: Ignore it at your peril! Part II
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
6
Developing Solutions: New Tools to Assist Coastal Adaptation and Decision Making
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
2
Emerging Services within the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Location: Room C301 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Chair:
Session
2
Forecast Improvement
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
Session
2
Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part II
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Chair:
Session
2
Technologies and Applications - From Research to Weather Prediction and Climate Assessment
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
5
Extreme Weather Events Part II
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes
)
Cochairs:
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.
Session
6
Chemical Transport Modeling I
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
Joint Session
6
Edward S. Epstein Symposium, Part II
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Edward S. Epstein Symposium;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
11:00 AM
Panel Discussing the Contributions of Ed Epstein–Dick Hallgren, John Zillman, Eugene Bierly, John Leese, Bob Livezey, and Bob Glahn
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:
Session
6
Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future - Part II
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
10:45 AM
6.2
11:30 AM
6.5
Session
7
GOES-R and JPSS Proving Ground Activities in Observing and Forecasting
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Session
7
Urban Development, Planning, and Sustainability
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Session
8
Aerosol Direct and Indirect Radiative Forcing: Insights from Models & Measurement I
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chair:
CoChair:
Joint Session
8
Applications of Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction II: Remote Sensing
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Session
8
Field experiments
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Themed Joint Session
8
From Forecaster to Water Manager Part II: Use and Application of Climatologic and Hydrologic Forecasts and Understanding in Managing Water Resources
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
10:30 AM
TJ8.1
Session
8A
Teleconnections and climate modes and their influence on climate extremes (Part III)
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
8B
Observed and projected changes in extremes (Part III)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
8C
Dynamics and predictability of weather and climate extreme events (Part II)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
9
Analysis and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones II
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
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
Joint Session
13
Drought Analysis and Prediction Part II
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
We are pleased to announce that the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting, held 2-6 February, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA, will include a session on Drought Prediction and Applications as part of the 28th Conference on Hydrology and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change.
Drought is a multi-faceted phenomenon that challenges our current prediction capabilities. Taking drought prediction and hydrological applications to the next level requires advances in understanding, monitoring, communications and water resources management. Specific topics addressed by presenters might include:
• Current prediction science and skill at various lead times;
• Innovative management uses of that science;
• Case studies illustrating advances in understanding, monitoring and prediction
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Panel Discussion
1
Panel on Space Weather Services for Aviation – Now and in the Future
Location: Room C110 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Conference on Space Weather
Moderator:
Panelists:
11:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
2
Extreme Weather Consulting Opportunities: During
Location: Room B403 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
Session
3
Discovering Scientific Data
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Chair:
Session
10
Turbulence Measurements, Wind Tunnel and Flume Experiments
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
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 )
Publisher ‘Lunch and Learn’ with Springer
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Weather-Ready Nation Student Networking Luncheon
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Speaker:
This luncheon is generously sponsored by Mr. Michael Eilts, President and CEO, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Town Hall Meeting: NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
The National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) invites you to an open meeting to learn about the Division’s opportunities for research funding and scientific leadership.
The AGS Townhall is a dialog with the community on current and future AGS activities.
The Townhall will begin with a brief review of the AGS budget, current staffing - including opportunities to work at NSF - tips for reviewers and prospective PI's, upcoming solicitation deadlines, and new funding opportunities.
A brief, high-level description of our evolving "Goals and Objectives" strategic document will be the starting point for an ongoing conversation with the AGS community on research and infrastructure needs and priorities.
Bring your ideas, comments, questions, and concerns.
For additional information, please contact Tracy Rozell, 703-292-4696, trozell@nsf.gov.
Town Hall Meeting: CubeOpera Weather: Forecasting with CubeSats
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
The United States has been lofting weather satellites since 1960. In that time, our Earth observation platforms have become technological wonders that enable unprecedented research and forecasting. At the same time, they have become more costly, require longer development times, and our reliance on them has only grown. These trends are at odds with the current economic atmosphere and the clash has resulted in an imminent gap in polar satellite coverage and potential loss of continuity across Earth observation programs. Is there a way out of the quandary?
Join INNOVIM and NanoSatisfi in a panel discussion about the future of weather forecasting and the role CubeSats can play in that future. We will introduce our CubeOpera™ Weather initiative, a constellation of satellites providing higher frequency, increased granularity Earth observation at a fraction of traditional satellite costs. We will bring experts to weigh in on the needs of the weather community, the current and future capability of CubeSat-oriented technology, and the potential challenges that lie ahead. Add your voice to the ‘opera,’ with your ideas for how to improve weather forecasting using the new technologies now coming of age.
For additional information, please contact Victoria Thompson at 443-699-0668 or vthompson@innovim.com.
Town Hall Meeting: Get your entrepreneurial Skills in action with the National Science Foundation! The NSF's Innovation Call, a suite of relatively untapped opportunities open to all Geoscientists, including YOU!
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
The Directorate for the Geosciences (GEO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for research ripe for commercialization, for faculty interested in having students co-advised with industry, for faculty interested in collaborating with their counterparts in Industry, and for much more. Come to see how students like you, together with their advisors, have tested the potential commercial viability of their NSF supported research products with the help of the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program. Creating your own startup, additional funding (NSF-SBIR, STTR, etc) and licensing are just some of the expected (and seen) outcomes of I-Corps. This Town Hall Meeting will provide an overview of the various Programs that fall under the NSF's Innovation call and that are intended to foster academic-industry collaborations on fundamental research questions of common interest, to accelerate the translation of NSF-supported inventions into commercial products, and to educate the workforce of the future. Some of these initiatives have been in place since the late 70s, but where are you? These Programs are open to all GEO PI's, including YOU!
For additional information, please contact R. Montelli. (e-mail: rmontell@nsf.gov.)
Town Hall Meeting: High Performance Computing, the Way Forward
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Continued advancements in numerical weather prediction are tied to running models at higher temporal and spatial scales. Next-generation global models are being designed to run at 3KM resolution, with North-American models proposed to run at 1KM or finer resolution. An estimated 10 to 100 fold increase in high performance computing is needed to support development, testing, and running these models, and related ensemble and data assimilation systems, at these resolutions. HPC resources will be needed to develop, test, and tune the models as well as run them in highly reliable operational environments so products and grids can be delivered in a timely manner to downstream users in the government, commercial and public sectors.
The emphasis of this town-hall is on the HPC necessary for running weather models at sustained teraflop or even petaflop performance in production and development environments. We will discuss issues including code scalability, choice of accelerator technologies (MIC vs. GPGPU), managing I/O, and data locality for analysis and post-processing.
For additional information, please contact Brian Etherton (e-mail: brian.etherton@noaa.gov).
Town Hall Meeting: NASA’s Earth Science – Flight Program Investments in and Planning for the Next-Generation Earth Observatories
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
NASA has nine (9) satellites currently in formulation and development, with eight scheduled to launch before the end of 2017. These include GPM, SMAP, and OCO-2 (all in 2014), SAGE III (2015), ICESat-2 and CYGNSS (2016), and GRACE FO and OCO-3 (2017), and SWOT (2020). These nine will join the pantheon of existing US and international weather, climate and research satellites. In addition to these missions, NASA has recently been given additional sustained earth observing measurement responsibilities. chartered by the Administration with the responsibility for defining and implementing, in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the nation’s Sustained Land Imaging Program to follow the currently flying Landsat & and Landsat 8 (formerly known as LDCM) missions. And NASA has been directed to continue the fundamental climate measurements of solar irradiance, earth radiation budget, and ozone profiling to extend the data record into the future. How will NASA be meeting these demanding measurement objectives? NASA’s Earth Science Division is working now, in collaboration with NOAA, the USGS, DOE and international partners, and with our industrial community, on science studies, technology investments, and mission definition studies to prepare the next generation of satellites and observations for launch in 2018, 2019 and soon thereafter. At this Town Hall meeting we will present the progress and plans for these next generation missions, including mission concepts from the 2007 NRC Decadal Survey (http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-surveys/) and from the 2010 NASA Climate Plan (http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/). We will identify opportunities for greater interaction with the NASA missions already in formulation and development, as well as opportunities for future collaboration as we move forward with this next generation of missions and measurements.
For further information, please contact Stephen Volz (svolz@nasa.gov).
Town Hall Meeting: Science with a Vengeance
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Who were the first space scientists in the United States? Names like James Van Allen, Herb Friedman, Richard Tousey, Homer Newell and William Rense are those we think of when we think back to the first scientists who designed and built devices to sense the nature of the Earth's high atmosphere and explore the nature of solar radiation beyond the atmospheric cutoff. They used vehicles like captured German V-2 missiles, the Navy's Viking and then Aerobee sounding rockets to make these observations. Here we look back at who these people were, why they chose such difficult challenges, and why none of them were established physicists or astronomers who had disciplinary training that stimulated the questions they wanted to answer with these instruments. UCAR will be sponsoring a limited number of box lunches during the town hall meeting.
For additional infomation, please contact Susan Baltuch, (e-mail: sbaltuch@ucar.edu).
1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
7
Chemical Transport Modeling II
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
CoChair:
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Keynote Speaker Session
1
Keynote Lecture
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
2:20 PM
Committee Award Ceremony
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Strengthening the U.S. Space Weather Enterprise
Location: Room C301 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Conference on Space Weather;
and the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
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
2
Open Access and Open Data
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Moderator:
Panelists:
The open access and open data movements received a big push this past year with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issuing a directive, titled “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research”, that requires federal agencies to develop policies for making data and publications resulting from federally funded research openly available. By the ASLI meeting, federal research funding agencies should have announced their plans in response to this directive. Other sectors of the academic community, in particular publishers and libraries, are actively promoting alternatives that would help agencies address the OSTP requirement. The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has put forward the Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) as a way for publishers to lead this effort, while academic libraries and universities have organized a plan called the Shared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE), which would promote universities as the primary component of the open access and open data ecosystem.
This panel will engage the ASLI community in a discussion of these various initiatives. Panelists will represent the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, The American Meteorological Society, and more, and will present activities and plans taking place relevant to their respective organizations' responses to the OSTP directive.
Session
3
Enhanced Observations
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
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
3
Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part III
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Chair:
Session
3
Sensors and Methods: Research to Operations Enablers
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
5
Strengthening Business Resilience In Innovative Ways: Part I
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
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
Joint Session
7
Edward S. Epstein Symposium, Part III
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Edward S. Epstein Symposium;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
7
Global Teleconnections and the MJO
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes;
and the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
Cochairs:
Plenary Session
7
Plenary Discussion
Location: Room C211 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chair:
Session
7
Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future - Part III
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
7.1
Session
8
Modeling, Observation, and Input Data Requirements for Understanding and Predicting Interdisciplinary Urban Phenomenon(II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
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
Session
8
Use of Lightning Data to Improve Short-Term Prediction of Severe and High Impact Weather
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Joint Session
9
AI Solar Energy Prediction Contest
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences;
and the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
Joint Session
9
Applications of Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction III: Coupled Systems
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Session
9
Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN)—I
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Session
9
Satellite data and technology for forecasting and
responding to natural disasters
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs:
Session
9A
Dynamics and predictability of weather and climate extreme events (Part III)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
9B
Observed and projected changes in extremes (Part IV)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
10
Analysis and Forecasting of Winter Weather I
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Presentations on various aspects of predicting winter weather, such as heavy snowfall, mesoscale snow bands, use of new observing systems, examinations of significant midlatitude snowstorms, and other topics.
2:00 PM
10.3A
2:30 PM-3:55 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Poster Session
14
Data Assimilation Techniques and Examples
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
15
Numerical Weather Prediction and Impact of New Observations
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Poster Session
1
Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Themed Joint Poster Session
1
From Forecaster to Water Manager: Use and Application of Climatologic and Hydrologic Forecasts and Understanding in Managing Water Resources Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Poster Session
1
JCSDA Symposium Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
Poster 780 has been moved. New paper number J5.6A
Poster 792 has been moved. New paper number J6.6A
Poster 801 has been moved. New paper number J5.3A
Poster 802 has been moved. New paper number J6.2
Poster Session
1
Tornadogenesis
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
2
10thGOES-R/JPSS Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Posters for the 10th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Poster Session
2
Cloud and Climate
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Poster session for Wed and Thu
Poster 727 is now 12.4.A
Poster 722 is now 10.5A
Poster 726 is now 2A.1A
Poster 728 is now 11.3A
Poster Session
2
Data Assimilation and Observing Systems: Applications to High-Impact Weather
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Poster 640 has moved. Is now J3.1A
Poster Session
2
Poster (Part II)
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Poster 563 has been moved. New poster number is S152A
Poster Session
2
Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Poster Session
2
Poster Session (II)
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Poster 667 has been moved. New paper number is 9.2A
Poster Session
2
Poster Session II
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Poster Session
2
Tornado vortex dynamics
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
2
Wednesday and Thursday Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair:
CoChair:
Second Poster Session
Poster Session
3
Supercell/tornado research
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
3
Tropical Cyclones & Winter Weather; NWP physics and data assimilation
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Poster Session 3
Poster Session 3: Posters on the topics of: Analysis and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones; Analysis and Forecasting of Winter Weather; NWP Microphysics; Data Assimilation
Poster 591 will now be presented as 10.3A
Poster 606 will now be presented as 13.4A
Poster Session
4
Deep convection initiation, hail, and flooding
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
819
Joint Poster Session
5
Poster Session on Transitions from Research to Operations
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
and the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Poster 741 has been moved. Will now be 2.1A
Poster Session
5
Total lightning
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Joint Poster Session
6
Drought Analysis and Prediction Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
We are pleased to announce that the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting, held 2-6 February, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA, will include a session on Drought Prediction and Applications as part of the 28th Conference on Hydrology and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change.
Drought is a multi-faceted phenomenon that challenges our current prediction capabilities. Taking drought prediction and hydrological applications to the next level requires advances in understanding, monitoring, communications and water resources management. Specific topics addressed by presenters might include:
• Current prediction science and skill at various lead times;
• Innovative management uses of that science;
• Case studies illustrating advances in understanding, monitoring and prediction
Poster Session
6
20 May 2013 central Oklahoma tornadoes
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
826
828
Poster Session
7
Tornado damage
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
832
Poster Session
8
Societal Impacts
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
9
TVS and Debris Signatures
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
10
Reflectivity Waves and Mergers
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
11
Climatologies
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
12
QLCS Tornadoes
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
Poster Session
13
MCS/Derechos
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
3
Extreme Weather Consulting Opportunities: After
Location: Room B403 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
Cochairs:
Panel Discussion
3
Round Robin: Digital Education
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Moderator:
Digital Preservation, or the act of preserving and providing access to to digital objects over long periods of time is a growing concern across disciplinary boundaries. This panel will seek to bring together librarians from multiple vantage points to examine institutional reactions and plans of action for dealing with digital preservation. Copyright and legal issues, persistent identifiers, and technological discussions will be some of the topics discussed, with an eye to helping librarians advocate for best practices in this new frontier.
4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
8
Software Applications Linking Weather to Energy Decision Support
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
11
Impacts of climate change on extreme air pollution meteorology
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Joint Session
8
Edward S. Epstein Symposium, Part IV
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Edward S. Epstein Symposium;
and the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
)
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
Summary of Symposium and Remarks by Individuals
Session
8A
Data Stewardship: Technological Approaches and Solutions to Collecting, Preserving, Communicating Weather and Climate Data
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Joint Session
1
Satellite data and technology for forecasting and responding to natural disasters
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
5:00 PM
J1.5
Session
4
Operational and Research Organizations: Cornerstones for Successful R2O Transition
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
4.4
Session
4
Unique Forecasting Algorithms
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
Session
5
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling Part I
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Cochairs:
The theme of this session is precipitation measurement/estimation techniques, including applications that demonstrate the downstream impacts of improved quantitative precipitation information for hydrologic, land surface, and weather modeling. Presentations in this session will focus on the following subjects:
(1) Advances in precipitation measurement devices and methods;
(2) Techniques for fusing precipitation observations from remote-sensing and in situ platforms, and related datasets;
(3) Existing and emerging high-resolution real-time and retrospective precipitation data sets;
(4) Effects of improving precipitation precision and accuracy on hydrologic predictions, fluxes from land surface models, Numeric Weather Model predictions, climate monitoring, and engineering design;
(5) User requirements for precipitation information and gaps in existing data sets and observing platforms.
4:30 PM
5.3
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
Session
6
Strengthening Business Resiliency In Innovative Ways: Part II
Location: Georgia Ballroom 2 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
5:00 PM
6.5
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:
Session
8B
International Applications: Latest Challenges for Disseminating and accessing Weather Data, Forecasts and Warnings
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
10
Applications of Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction IV: Mesoscale Data Assimilation
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Session
10
Tropical Atmosphere and Ocean II : Tropical Cyclone Data Assimilation
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
10A
Detection and attribution of climate change with a focus on extremes (Part II)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
10B
Teleconnections and climate modes and their influence on climate extremes (Part IV)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Themed Joint Session
11
Aerosol formation and the impacts on clouds and climate
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Chairs:
Session
11
Analysis and Forecasting of Winter Weather II
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Presentations on various aspects of predicting winter weather, such as heavy snowfall, mesoscale snow bands, use of new observing systems, examinations of significant midlatitude snowstorms, and other topics.
Joint Session
12
Impact of Extreme Weather and Climate on Urban Environment
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment;
and the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
14
Drought Analysis and Prediction Part III
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 28th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
We are pleased to announce that the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting, held 2-6 February, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA, will include a session on Drought Prediction and Applications as part of the 28th Conference on Hydrology and the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change.
Drought is a multi-faceted phenomenon that challenges our current prediction capabilities. Taking drought prediction and hydrological applications to the next level requires advances in understanding, monitoring, communications and water resources management. Specific topics addressed by presenters might include:
• Current prediction science and skill at various lead times;
• Innovative management uses of that science;
• Case studies illustrating advances in understanding, monitoring and prediction
4:00 PM-5:45 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
4
Invited Talks: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts, Part IV
Location: Room C109 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts
Chair:
5:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Panel Discussion
3
Extreme Weather Consulting Opportunities: After
Location: Room B403 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
4:45 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
ASLI Book Awards at the ASLI Booth (Exhibit Hall)
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
4:45 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Session
9
Energy Applications Weather/Climate Data Part III
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
4:45 PM
9.1
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
7:30 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Annual ASLI Dinner
Pittypat's Porch
25 Andrew Young International Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30303
Please contact Matt Ramey (mramey@ucar.edu) for more information
Thursday, 6 February 2014
8:00 AM-9:15 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
1
Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Models
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
Chair:
8:00 AM
Opening Remarks. Robert L. Gall, Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project/OST, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Panel Discussion
4
Round Robin: Citation Metrics and Research Networking Systems
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Moderator:
Join us while ASLI holds a participatory discussion on the role of libraries in the metrics and assessment environment. The discussion will feature questions such as: Has your library adopted any Research information Management systems to track your faculty's scholarly output? What "metrics" is your library providing to decision makers? Where do you see opportunities for your library to engage in the wider conversation about metrics and assessment?
With changes in the way hiring and tenure decisions are being made across institutions, librarians are now being called to provide additional services to scientists, staff and administrators. This panel will look at new innovations to the tenure process, including advanced bibliometrics the use of new statistics such as altmetrics. This panel will also look at the rise of Research Networking systems such as VIVO and Harvard Profiles, and their use in the tenure process as well as in the greater research ecosystem.
Session
9A
Communication Technologies for Accessing and Distributing Climate, Weather, and Hydrologic Data, Forecasts, and Information. Part I
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
9B
Mapping and Social Media Technologies for Sharing Weather, Water, and Climate Data - Part I
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
11
Assimilation and Reanalysis on Large Scales
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Joint Session
1
New-generation mesoscale to urban scale modeling capabilities for air pollution research and prediction (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment;
and the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
)
Cochairs:
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.
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.
Joint Session
3
Data Impact Studies
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
and the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Chair:
Session
4
Evaluation of weather, climate, and hydrology forecasts and impacts on the built environment
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair:
Joint Session
6
Testbed Activities in Numerical Weather Prediction, Observations, Analysis, and Forecasting I
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
Presentations on a wide range of testbed and proving ground activities supporting the research to operations process. Topics include NOAA Testbed activities, government-academic partnerships, satellite proving grounds, and other applications.
Session
6A
Advances in Evaporation and Evaporative Demand Part I
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Cochairs:
"Advances in Estimating Evaporation, Evaporative Demand, and Associated Applications
Advances in the estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) and atmospheric evaporative demand (Eo) are made across a broad range of scales and techniques, from in-situ observations to remote sensing and modeling. Specific topics for this session might include:
• estimating ET from various perspectives: remote sensing platforms, ground-based point observations and parameterizations, plant-based experimentation, and water budgets;
• operational ET estimation;
• land surface-atmosphere feedbacks;
• future remote sensing missions and needs for ET;
• Eo as an input to operational LSMs to derive ET, schedule crop irrigation, and as a metric of hydroclimatic trends and variability."
9:00 AM
6A.3
Session
6B
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling Part II
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Cochairs:
9:00 AM
6B.3
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:
Session
9
Suomi-NPP/JPSS Cal/Val and Product Development, Part I
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Session
10
Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN)—II
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Session
11A
CMIP5 models: 20th and 21st century simulations (Part II)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
11B
Statistical techniques for the quantification of climate extremes (Part II)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
8:30 AM
11B.1
Session
12
Developments in Numerical Weather Prediction I: Land Surface and Boundary Layer Parameterizations
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Session
12
Forest Fire Emissions - Part 1
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
10
Short-Range Forecast Modeling for Wind/Solar Electric Generation Part I
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
9:15 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
2
Quick Poster Presentation Intros
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
Chair:
Each poster presenter, in order by their poster number is provided with an opportunity to give a quick (two minute max) intro of their poster presentation that will be given during the formal poster viewing
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Poster Session
1
Poster Session
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
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:
Poster Session
3
Advances in Evaporation and Evaporative Demand
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Joint Poster Session
3
Posters: Testbed Activities in Numerical Weather Prediction, Observations, Analysis, and Forecasting
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
Poster Session
4
NWP Numerics, Boundary Layer Modeling, and Other Topics
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Poster Session 4: Posters including the topics: NWP Numerics, Land Surface/PBL modeling, Other NWP Contributions
Poster 627 has been moved. New paper number 15.6
Poster Session
4
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling Posters
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Poster 539 will now be presented as 7B.1A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Joint Session
2
New-generation mesoscale to urban scale modeling capabilities for air pollution research and prediction (II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA;
and the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
)
Cochairs:
Session
13
Forest Fire Emissions - Part 2
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
10A
Communication Technologies for Accessing and Distributing Climate, Weather, and Hydrologic Data, Forecasts, and Information - Part II
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Ongoing session
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
3
Cyclones: Angular Momentum and Energetics
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
Chair:
Session
4
AMS Publications: Year in Review and 2014 Update
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Chair:
11:00 AM
Finding the Storm: Resource and Archival Research on the Great New England Hurricane of 1938: Lourdes Aviles
Joint Session
4
Preparation for Assimilation of Data from New Sensors and Satellites
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
and the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Chair:
Session
5
Uncertainty quantification
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs:
11:15 AM
Use of a nonlinear filter to improve the quality of Oklahoma Mesonet surface observations: Alexandria McCombs
Joint Session
7
Testbed Activities in Numerical Weather Prediction, Observations, Analysis, and Forecasting II
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
Presentations on a wide range of testbed and proving ground activities supporting the research to operations process. Topics include NOAA Testbed activities, government-academic partnerships, satellite proving grounds, and other applications.
Session
7A
Advances in Evaporation and Evaporative Demand Part II
Location: Room C209 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Cochairs:
Session
7B
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling Part III
Location: Room C210 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 28th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Cochairs:
Session
8
Climate Change Adaptation - Drought
Location: Room C107 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Chair:
Session
10
Suomi -NPP/JPSS Cal/Val and Product Development, Part II
Location: Room C213 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Session
10B
Mapping and Social Media Technologies for Sharing Weather, Water, and Climate Data - Part II
Location: Room C105 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
10B.3
11:45 AM
10B.4
Session
11
Aerosol-cloud interaction representations in regional and global models and associated climate impact-I
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Session
11
Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP)
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Session
12
Data Assimilation I: Applications
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
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:
Session
12A
CMIP5 models: 20th and 21st century simulations (Part III)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
12B
General topics (Part V)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
13
Developments in Numerical Weather Prediction II: High Spatial Resolution
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Presentations focusing numerical weather prediction at fine grid spacings, the associated challenges, and new techniques.
11:30 AM
13.3
11:45 AM
13.4A
11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
9
Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Session
14
Special session on MATERHORN project - Part 1
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
CoChair:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Donald R. Johnson Luncheon
Location: Room C204 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Facilitator:
Speaker:
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Meeting the Challenge: A NOAA Perspective on Extreme Weather, Climate, and the Built Environment
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Set in the context of the Superstorm Sandy Symposium and the 2014 Annual Meeting’s overall theme, this Town Hall will provide an opportunity to hear perspectives from the leadership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Acting Under Secretary Kathryn Sullivan (INVITED) will highlight NOAA’s efforts to strengthen the resilience of our Nation’s communities, businesses and natural resources in the face of extreme weather events and longer-term challenges associated with a changing climate. NOAA’s longstanding responsibilities for weather forecasts and warnings are complemented with agency mission activities encompassing climate, environmental data and information services, coastal resources stewardship, marine resources management and cutting-edge oceanic and atmospheric research. This places NOAA in a unique position to contribute to a National effort to enhance preparedness, anticipate events and strengthen resilience in communities throughout the Nation and around the world.
For additional information, please contact Eileen Shea (e-mail: eileen.shea@noaa.gov)
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
5
Vendor Updates
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Chair:
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
4
Global Circulations/Energetics Part I
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
Chair:
Joint Session
5
The Role of Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
and the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Chair:
Session
6
Statistical model development, statistical forecasting approaches, and ensemble forecasting methods—Part 1
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair:
1:30 PM
6.1
2:00 PM
6.3
2:15 PM
6.4
2:30 PM
6.5
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
Session
10
Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers (II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
2:45 PM
10.6
Joint Session
11
Testbed Activities in Numerical Weather Prediction, Observations, Analysis, and Forecasting III
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
Presentations on a wide range of testbed and proving ground activities supporting the research to operations process. Topics include NOAA Testbed activities, government-academic partnerships, satellite proving grounds, and other applications.
Session
12
Aerosol-cloud interaction representations in regional and global models and associated climate impact-II
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
1:30 PM
Aerosol impacts on deep convective clouds by acting as CCN and IN in regional climate model WRF-CAM5: Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim
Session
12
Renewable Energy Resource Variablity
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Session
13
Data Assimilation II: Methodology
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
2:00 PM
13.3
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
Session
13A
Detection and attribution of climate change with a focus on extremes (Part III)
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
13B
General topics (Part VI)
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
14
Developments in Numerical Weather Prediction III: Precipitation and Microphysics Parameterizations
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Session
15
Special session on MATERHORN project - Part 2
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
CoChair:
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Panel Discussion
5
Round Robin: Open Discussion
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 17th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Moderator:
This session will feature a participatory roundtable discussions on topics including eBooks, emerging technologies, marketing/ outreach, and scholarly communication/ publishing.
3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Registration Closes
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
5
Global Circulations/Eneregtics Part II
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
Chair:
3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
7
Statistical model development, statistical forecasting approaches, and ensemble forecasting methods—Part 2
Location: Room C205 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Organizer:
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Joint Session
6
The Role of Satellite Data on the Current and Potential Future use of Satellite Data in Air Quality, Ocean, and Climate Prediction Systems
Location: Room C111 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
and the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Chair:
Session
11
Urban Energy and Water Balances
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Session
13
Aerosol Direct and Indirect Radiative Forcing: Insights from Models & Measurement II
Location: Room C207 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chairs:
Session
13
Short-Range Forecast Modeling for Wind/Solar Electric Generation Part II
Location: Room C114 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Joint Session
13
Testbed Activities in Numerical Weather Prediction, Observations, Analysis, and Forecasting IV
Location: Room C201 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
Presentations on a wide range of testbed and proving ground activities supporting the research to operations process. Topics include NOAA Testbed activities, government-academic partnerships, satellite proving grounds, and other applications.
3:45 PM
J13.2
4:00 PM
J13.3
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
Session
14
Treatment and Assimilation of Observations for Local Weather Systems
Location: Room C203 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
4:30 PM
14.5
Session
14A
High latitude climate variability and change
Location: Room C102 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
14B
Impacts of weather and climate extremes on urban environments
Location: Room C101 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
15
Other Contributions to NWP Developments
Location: Room C202 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
ASLI Business Meeting
Location: Room B402 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Organizer:
3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
16
Special session on MATERHORN project - Part 3
Location: Room C206 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
CoChair:
4:45 PM
Concluding Remarks
4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Session
6
Education/Public Policy
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: Donald R. Johnson Symposium
Chair:
5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
AMS 94th Annual Meeting Adjourns
6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014
Donald R. Johnson Symposium Reception
Location: International Ballroom (Omni Hotel at CNN Center)