10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Program Chairs:
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7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Sunday, 4 January 2015
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
WeatherFest
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
95th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Fellows Reception
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Monday, 5 January 2015
7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Registration Continues through January 7
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Plenary Session
1
15th Presidential Forum: Will Weather Change Forever—Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014;
the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium;
the Harry R. Glahn Symposium;
the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 24th Symposium on Education;
the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification;
the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere;
the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 13th History Symposium;
the 12th Conference on Space Weather;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists;
the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python;
the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals;
the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate;
the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling;
the Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon;
the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium;
and the 15th Presidential Forum
)
Program Chair:
Moderator:
Keynote:
Panelists:
Twenty five years hence, meteorology will be much different and expand far beyond the traditional weather forecast. Personal sensors will monitor weather nearly everywhere. Advanced computing will allow us to forecast at perhaps minute scales and kilometer resolutions, customized for each particular user. Post-mobile devices will enable instantaneous use of the information – even in remote areas of today’s developing nations. Transportation will be safer, businesses will operate more efficiently, events will automatically schedule around anticipated weather, and much more. Operational weather forecasts will be interlaced with new environmental elements that impact economic, health, energy, and security decisions. Many aspects of our daily lives will change forever. Climate change’s possibilities add a critical dimension to community resiliency. Should global weather patterns be altered, forecasting could become more challenging than today. The recent release of the fifth IPCC synthesis report has brought focus to this particular issue. Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator, will lead the session with a keynote on her vision for the meteorology enterprise in the year 2040. Following her keynote, the panelists - representing different demographics and perspectives - will then provide their vision, accompanied by a moderated discussion among the panelists.
9:16 AM
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan: AMS 2015 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum Keynote
9:24 AM
Curtis Walker: Will Weather Change Forever – Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
9:32 AM
Bernadette Woods Placky: Will Weather Change Forever? Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
9:40 AM
Mac Devine: The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength
9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Spouses' Coffee
10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Coffee Break
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Session
1
10th Anniversary of the POLICY/SOCIETY Symposium
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Joint Session
1
The 2014 US National Climate Assessment: Science, Policy, and the Future-Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
In May 2014, the third US National Climate Assessment was publicly released by the White House. Building on efforts such as the IPCC 5th Assessment, and previous National Climate Assessments, the 2014 NCA incorporates a broad scope of the best available science relevant to decision making at multiple scales. The NCA also included important transdisciplinary efforts bridging physical and social sciences, and the communications enterprise. This session will highlight the major scientific highlights of the 2014 NCA, the process as envisioned and executed, the “ongoing assessment” concept, and policy implications. Topics within the session are not limited to direct NCA contributions. Of particular interest are sector specific and regional climate information, methods and perspectives on science communication, the policy implications at multiple scales, and next steps. Contributions that connect IPCC and regional, state, or local assessment activities with the NCA are also encouraged.
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Lunch Break
12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
A Snapshot of the Federal Policy Landscape for the AMS Community
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator:
Panelists:
1:30 PM
Timothy Stryker
1:45 PM
Paul Higgins
2:00 PM
Fern Gibbons
2:15 PM
Allison Schwier
Session
2
Inside Weather Forecast Operations: Practices and Tools to Promote Weather Safety
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Joint Session
2
The 2014 US National Climate Assessment: Science, Policy, and the Future-Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Poster Session
Poster Session - 10th Symposium on Societal Applications
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Joint Session
3
The 2014 US National Climate Assessment: Science, Policy, and the Future-Part III
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Panel Discussion
2
Ten Years of the WAS*IS (Weather and Society*Integrated Studies) Movement: How the First Decade’s Culture Change will Shape Action in the Next Decade
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderators:
Panelists:
4:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Joint Session
4
Citizen Science
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the 24th Symposium on Education
)
Cochairs:
Session documents the many uses of data that are increasingly available through public participation in earth observing. Presentations for work that evaluates the outcomes of a program or policy.
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
3
Factors Affecting the Perception of Weather and Climate Risk - I
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Session explores the what, how, why, and “what now?” surrounding the perception of risk of severe weather and other forms of weather and climate. Presentations for foundational research on this topic.
9:30 AM
Discussion
Joint Session
5
Water and Society - On the Edge Session I: Addressing the Risk Tolerance and Tipping Points of Communities Faced with Extreme Lack/Surplus of Precipitation
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Increased climate warming has brought more frequent and severe weather events which include more intense precipitation and extreme heat. These events put human lives and ecosystems at risk, cost billions of dollars, and create havoc for planning, particularly in communities that do not fully understand the potential impact and ramifications of weather and climate. As a result, communities, working with their water utilities, are facing decisions previously unimagined from trucking in potable water during severe droughts to assure survival of their residents to spending large sums of money to move water supply and treatment infrastructure in response to flooding.
Using the water sector as a framing, this session concentrates on understanding and avoiding the increased potential risk communities face from a changing climate. This session will explore how communities assess their risks and risk tolerance to establish planning thresholds, and the kind of information, tools and outreach they need to manage a future of changing precipitation patterns. Talks should address how communities assess their water supply risks and thresholds in terms of too much/too little water, what needs to be taken into consideration in determining these tipping points, and what decision support tools, methods, and approaches communities are using to prepare for and adapt to potential extreme events.
A final panel will discuss lessons learned from these studies, including where each community needs to make individualized decisions and where a common framework can serve everyone in their thinking.
9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Spouses' Coffee
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Joint Poster Session
1
Water and Society - On the Edge Posters: Addressing the Risk Tolerance and Tipping Points of Communities Faced with Extreme Lack/Surplus of Precipitation
Hosts: (Joint
between the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Joint Poster Session
2
Regional Climate Partnerships: Connecting Climate Science and Decision Making Posters
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Lecture
1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 15th Presidential Forum;
the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014;
the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium;
the Harry R. Glahn Symposium;
the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
the 24th Symposium on Education;
the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification;
the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere;
the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 13th History Symposium;
the 12th Conference on Space Weather;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate;
and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
)
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Water and Society - On the Edge Session II: Panel Discussion on Addressing the Risk Tolerance and Tipping Points of Communities Faced with Extreme Lack/Surplus of Precipitation
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Moderators:
Panelists:
This panel discussion will further the topics discussed in the 8:30 session with the same name. In both sessions, we use the water sector as an example, to better understand how to lessen the risk associated with a changing climate. The previous talks addressed how communities assess their water supply risks and thresholds in terms of too much/too little water, what needs to be taken into consideration in determining these tipping points, and what decision support tools, methods, and approaches communities are using to prepare for and adapt to potential extreme events. This panel will discuss lessons learned from these studies, including where each community needs to make individualized decisions and where a common framework can serve everyone in their thinking. Among the questions we will ask are: (1) What is the value of using thresholds and tipping points as a framework for decision making and assessing risk? (2) What are the best practices that were learned from the session 1 talks, and how can they be adopted in other decision making contexts? and (3) How can an interdisciplinary approach bring physical and social sciences together to establish thresholds and tipping points within a specific context (i.e., users, geographic location, population, etc…)?
Session
4
Factors Affecting the Perception of Weather and Climate Risk - II
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Joint Session
6
Economic Impacts and Value of Improved Forecast Information
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
7
Regional Climate Partnerships: Connecting Climate Science and Decision Making-Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
The impacts of climate variability and change manifest in dramatically different ways. Coastal regions grapple with storm surge and sea level rise; urban areas endure heat waves that affect public health and safety; and forested regions with drought and wildfire. These impacts are overlaid on vastly different social, political, and economic systems, creating a patchwork of different risk and vulnerability profiles at sub-national scales. The breadth and depth of this challenge requires multiple partners with different expertise, collaborating across regional scales. This session invites papers that describe the importance and value of regional collaborations, challenges faced in coordination, examples of bridging science with decision making, and other co-production models. Papers that focus on particular engagements with NOAA RISA, DOI Climate Science Centers, USDA Regional Climate Hubs, State Climatologists, Sea Grant, and Regional Climate Centers are encouraged.
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Lunch Break
12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Joint Session
8
Do Climate Services Make a Difference? Evaluating the Development and Provision of Climate Information
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
This session focuses on efforts that have evaluated how climate services have influenced resource management, policy, or other decision contexts. Presentations can highlight useful metrics and effective research design for evaluating climate services as well as documented outcomes of climate service activities. Presentations for work that evaluates the outcomes of a program or policy.
Joint Session
9
Weather and Climate Information for Emergency Response Planning - I
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
)
Cochairs:
Session explores the roles weather and forecasting play in human health and happiness, community viability, public health practice, and increases in demand for weather DSS in health.
2:45 PM
Discussion
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
5
NOSIA - NOAA Observing System Integrated Analysis
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
5:15 PM
Discussion
Joint Session
10
Regional Climate Partnerships: Connecting Climate Science and Decision Making-Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
Panel Discussion
Joint Session
11
Weather and Climate Information for Emergency Response Planning - II
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
)
Cochairs:
Session explores tools and programs community clinicians and health officials use to prepare for and respond to weather emergencies. Presentations for work that transitions research to applications.
3:45 PM
J11.2
5:15 PM
Discussion
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Themed Joint Session
3
Communication Challenges: Communicating the Costs, Impacts, and Needs of the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise - Part 1
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
)
Cochairs:
Session
6
Integrated Weather/Warning Team (IWT): Past, Present, and Future
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Session explores the history, current, and future conceptions of the “integrated team” underpinning IWTs, and welcomes talks exploring the value and lessons learned from IWTs, questions about how they should be organized and run, and how to continue momentum after an IWT. Presentations for work that evaluates the outcomes of a program or policy.
9:30 AM
Panel Discussion
Joint Session
12
Role of Social Science in Coastal Management and Decision-Making
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
9:30 AM
J12.5
9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Spouses' Coffee
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Joint Panel Discussion
3
Advancing the Space Weather Enterprise: An Interactive Discussion
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the 12th Conference on Space Weather
)
Moderators:
Panelists:
Themed Joint Session
4
Communication Challenges: Communicating the Costs, Impacts, and Needs of the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise - Part 2
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
)
Cochairs:
11:00 AM
TJ4.3
11:30 AM
Discussion
Session
7A
Evolving Climate Services to Meet the Needs of a Changing Climate - I
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Session
7B
Responses to Natural Hazards
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Studies examining responses to severe weather, from behavioral (sheltering, evacuating) to cognitive or affective (anxiety, excitement). Documentation for recent events is particularly encouraged. Presentations for foundational research on this topic.
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Lunch Break
Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Lecture
2
Horton Lecture
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium;
the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 24th Symposium on Education;
the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification;
the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere;
the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 13th History Symposium;
the 12th Conference on Space Weather;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists;
the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate;
and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
)
Chair:
Session
8A
(CANCELED) Evolving Climate Services to Meet the Needs of a Changing Climate - II
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
1:30 PM
This Session Has Been Canceled
1:45 PM
8A.1 has been moved to Poster number 457.
2:15 PM
Paper 8A.3 has been moved. New paper number is 7A.6A.
Session
8B
Got Forecast?: Digital Media MashUp, Message Design, and Consistency of Content
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
CoChair:
This session will examine the communication of weather information across diverse publics, through and across multiple platforms, especially social and digital mobile media, and the challenges created by multiple, competing sources of weather information. Presentations for work that transitions research to operations.
2:15 PM
Discussion
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Joint Panel Discussion
4
Making Climate Information Available to Decision Makers: Challenges, Risks, and Uncertainty
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Moderators:
Panelists:
Often climate models and data are complex and built for use by climate scientists, but what about the decision makers looking for climate information to make decisions? Creating information from climate data and models involves making the data easy to understand and useful to citizen scientists and non-scientists alike. How can climate experts provide outlooks on climate useful for decisions on policy, infrastructure, resources, and life and safety? Some issues related to providing this information include data/model uncertainty, sampling errors, spatial resolution, model downscaling, visualization, liability, and risk management, to name a few. This panel will discuss plans, strategies, challenges, perspectives, technologies, and the future of climate change information and services for society.
4:45 PM
Tsengdar Lee Remarks
Session
9
Integrating Social Science into Weather Operations: What have we done, What are we doing, Where do we need to go?
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Moderated panel, where panelists will highlight ongoing research, plans, or implemented strategies for integrating social sciences into operations.
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
95th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Thursday, 8 January 2015
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Lecture
3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014;
the 15th Presidential Forum;
the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium;
the Harry R. Glahn Symposium;
the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 29th Conference on Hydrology;
the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 24th Symposium on Education;
the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification;
the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere;
the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 13th History Symposium;
the 12th Conference on Space Weather;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python;
the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate;
the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling;
and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
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5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns