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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)
8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
AMS Short Course: Advanced Python for Climate Science: From Numpy to Parallel Computing
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
AMS Short Course:a Beginner’S Course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Session
1
Welcome Remarks
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
9:00 AM
Welcome from the 14th Student Conference Planning Committee: Rosimar Rios-Berrios, Kelsey Mulder, and Daniel Rothenberg, Co-Chairs
9:05 AM
Welcome from the AMS: Bill Gail, President of the AMS
9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Session
2
Get the Most out of this Conference: How to Develop Yourself as a Professional
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Get Primed for the AMS Student Conference by learning how to use this time wisely. You'll get tips on how to network, walk up to big-name scientists, and how to make yourself competitive in achieving your future goals.
10:00 AM-10:15 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Coffee Break
10:15 AM-11:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1A
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: Forecasting
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Panel Discussion
1B
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: Communication
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Panel Discussion
1C
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: Research
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Panel Discussion
2A
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: Forecasting
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Session
2B
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: Communication
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Panel Discussion
2C
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: Research
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Lunch
1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Session
3
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. From traditional to non-traditional careers, each professional will give a 2-3 minute introduction on why you will want to talk to them. Note their room numbers to visit during Session 5.
1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Session
4A
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4B
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4C
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4D
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4E
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4F
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4G
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4H
Conversation with Professionals
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4I
Conversation with Professionals
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4J
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4K
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4L
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
Session
4M
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Cochairs:
Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
AMS Student Chapter Town Hall Meeting
(Specifically for Student Chapter Officers, but open to all)
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Moderator:
This meeting is specifically designed for Student Chapter Officers, but it is open to everyone. Get a chance to hear from the
award-winning chapters in the country and discuss the joys and pains of running an AMS chapter.
Coffee Break
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Session
5
Extreme Weather Events
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
Session
6
Closing Remarks
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015
AMS Career Fair and Graduate School Reception
Location: North Ballroom AB (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)
8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
AMS Short Course: Advanced Python for Climate Science: From Numpy to Parallel Computing
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
AMS Short Course:a Beginner’S Course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
7
Keynote Speaker: Meteorology in the 21st Century-The Enterprise at Warp Speed
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Chair:
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)
9:30 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Coffee Break
9:40 AM-10:25 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Joint Session
1
Communication and Your Career: The Power of Your Words and Visuals
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals;
and the 14th Annual Student Conference
)
Facilitators:
Speakers:
Joint session with the AMS 14th Annual Student Conference
9:40 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:45 AM
A Career in Science Doesn’t Involve Writing, Does It? Speaker: Dr. Sarah Tessendorf
10:05 AM
Why Science-Based Presentations are Normally Terrible and What You Can Do About It. Speaker: John Brost
9:45 AM-10:45 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
8A
Shaping your Future: How to Succeed in Grad School
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Session
8B
Shaping your Future: Maneuvering the Job Market: Professional Development for the Career Track
Location: 129AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
10:25 AM-11:40 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Small Group Rotating Discussions
Participants will divide into 3 small groups which will rotate between the different 20-minute discussion topics. Each group will start in their assigned discussion (numbered 1-3). All groups will rotate to the next discussion in numerical order moving from 1 through 3 and back to 1, if needed. For example, if your group starts in "Group Discussion 2," you then proceed to "Group Discussion 3" and then to "Group Discussion 1." By the end, each group will participate in all 3 discussion topics.
Proposed timeline: 10:30 AM: All three discussions will start; 10:50 AM: All rotate for next group discussion; 11:15 AM: All rotate for final group discussion; 11:40 AM: All discussions end.
10:30 AM-11:40 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Joint Session
2A
Group Discussion 1: Write Something People Will Want to Read.
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals;
and the 14th Annual Student Conference
)
Facilitators:
Joint Session
2B
Group Discussion 2: Adaptive Communication: One Message Doesn't Fit All
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 14th Annual Student Conference;
and the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Facilitators:
Joint Session
2C
Group Discussion 3: Make Your Presentation a Conduit, Not a Crutch
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 14th Annual Student Conference;
and the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Facilitators:
10:45 AM-11:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Break
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
9
Experiences beyond the Classroom: Getting your Hands Dirty in the Field
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Some of the best lessons are learned outside of the classroom. This panel discussion will focus on ways you can make a difference in the field.
Session
10
Experiences beyond the Classroom: Getting the Word Out: Science Policy and Communication
Location: 129AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Chair:
Some of the best lessons are learned outside of the classroom. This panel will focus on ways you can make a difference through policy.
12:00 PM-12:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
11
YOU are the Future of Weather, Water, and Climate
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker:
Chair:
12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
WeatherFest
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
12:30 PM-12:35 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
12
Closing Remarks
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
12:35 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Lunch on your Own
1:00 PM-1:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
1
Opening Remarks
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitators:
Speaker:
1:00 PM
Welcome from the Early Career Professionals Conference Chairs
1:05 PM
Welcome from the AMS President William Gail
1:15 PM-3:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
2
Small Group Rotating Discussions: Workplace Skills for Early Career Professionals
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Participants will divide into 3 small groups which will rotate between the different 30-minute discussion topics. Each group will start in their assigned discussion (numbered 1-3). All groups rotate to the next discussion in numerical order moving from 1 through 3 and back to 1, if needed. For example, if your group starts in "Group Discussion 2," you then proceed to "Group Discussion 3" and then to "Group Discussion 1." By the end, each group will participate in all 3 discussion topics. Proposed timeline: 1:20 PM: All three discussions will start; 1:50 PM: All rotate for next group discussion; 2:25 PM: All rotate for final group discussion; 3:15 PM: All discussions end.
1:15 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:20 PM-3:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
2A
Group Discussion 1: Is it time to move on from the first job?
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Session
2B
Group Discussion 2: Becoming a leader in the workforce.
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
Session
2C
Group Discussion 3: How to balance your work and personal life.
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator:
2:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
Energy minicourse (AMS Energy Committee), WeatherFest, and other
Location: 129AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
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)
3:15 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Coffee Break
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
Supporting AMS Programs and Opportunities
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Moderator:
Panelists:
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Panel Discussion
2
Conversations with Professionals
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Moderator:
Panelists:
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)
5:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Session
3
Closing Remarks
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitators:
5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
AMS Career Fair
Location: North Ballroom AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
5:45 PM-7:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Poster Session
S47
5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Fellows Reception
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015
Fifth Annual AMS Reception for Early Career Professionals
Location: Sheraton Phoenix, Valley of the Sun D/E (Sheraton Phoenix)
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)
Space Weather Coffee Break—Sponsored by Ball Aerospace
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Session
1
Software Applications Linking Weather to Energy Decision Support
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
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:
Session
1
AI Techniques for Decision Support
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Chair:
Session
1
Agency Updates 1
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
1
Air Pollution Meteorology Observational Studies
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Chair:
Joint Session
1
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part I
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
)
Cochairs:
Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
11:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Session
1
Assimilation of Observations for High-Impact Weather
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Joint Session
1
Computational and Data Advances: Integrated Metrics and Benchmarking For Next Generation Hydro/Land Surface Modeling of The Water Cycle Session I (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology and the Committee on Probability and Statistics)
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Enterprise View of Satellites
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
The enterprise view of environmental satellites, a vision of a “system of systems” of spacecraft, sensors, and ground assets, is rapidly evolving from a concept to reality. It is driven by the need for government agencies and stakeholders to more effectively and efficiently obtain and share improved satellite data and data products for multiple applications under very challenging budget conditions. The enterprise view is being realized through the establishment of new national and international agreements to promote the sharing of data, and new organizational structures and system architectures to better collect, process, distribute, and use satellite data products from a constellation of satellites. A panel of senior scientists and managers will discuss the pathway and current progress in implementing this new paradigm.
11:30 AM
John Malay
11:45 AM
David McCarren
Session
1
Evaluation and Use of Lightning Technology
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Session
1
Extratropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere, Part 1
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
1
Global Warming Hiatus-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Global average temperature has increased by 0.8oC over the 20th century but this warming trend has slowed or even stalled for the past 15 years. This warming hiatus has caused much confusion and debate but at the same time offers a scientific opportunity to study climate change dynamics in action. Mechanisms proposed include a slowdown in net radiative forcing, and interference by natural variability. This session showcases rapidly advancing research on the physical mechanisms and various impacts of this hiatus event. Topics of particular interest include interdecadal variability and the interaction with forced climate change, radiative forcing and related processes, and ocean heat storage as pertinent to the hiatus.
Session
1
Impacts of aerosols on storm dynamics, cloud physics, and precipitation I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
1
Madden-Julian Oscillation in Global Climate Models
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Cochairs:
Session
1
Pre-College Education Initiatives I
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
1
Python for the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
Provides a summary of recent advances in the use of Python in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences. The first talk is the Core Science Keynote for the Python Symposium.
Session
1
Research to operations successes
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
1
Surface wave effects on oceanic turbulence and air-sea interaction, from small scale to climate scale, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
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.
Session
1
Urban Chemical Cartography: Charting Spatial Gradients with Novel Measurement Platforms
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
1
Weather Ready Nation Keynote Addresses
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Introductory Remarks
11:00 AM
1.1
Holly Bamford, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD - Invited Presentation
Session
1A
International Applications for the Monitoring and Prediction of Weather Hazards including Volcanic Ash - Part I
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
1B
Open Data Standards and Sharing
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
11:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Lunch Break
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Early Career Committee
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Fulfilling the Vision of Weather, Water, and Climate Information at NOAA
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
As highlighted at the Presidential Forum, the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise has an exciting future in store as we focus on meeting the evolving societal needs in the coming decades. NOAA is energized to continue the partnership with all components of the Enterprise, especially as they pertain to NOAA's priorities for the next 5 years. At this town hall, NOAA Administrator, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan will discuss NOAA's plans for evolving the National Weather Service, building community resilience, and investing in observations. As an Enterprise, we will ensure the United States continues to push cutting edge research, technology, and improved predictions to its partners and the public. Following her opening remarks, Dr. Sullivan will engage in a lively discussion with all those interested in helping to build a Weather-Ready Nation.
12:15 PM
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Fulfilling the Vision of Weather, Water, and Climate Information at NOAA
Town Hall Meeting: Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speakers:
The AMS membership includes individuals who have physical limitations, such as blindness or vision impairment, hearing loss or limited hand use or mobility. Individuals with disabilities have a great deal to contribute to our field and desire to participate. Making meetings accessible to people with disabilities not only encourages inclusion, but it also brings forth diverse perspectives, effective partnerships, and enhanced opportunities for all participants.
We would like to propose a town-hall meeting to commence a discussion on the topic of making AMS meetings fully accessible to people with disabilities. The session will serve as a platform to address accessibility barriers and needs of participants with disabilities. We intend to invite a few speakers and engage the AMS membership on a panel discussion on this topic. We hope to explore answers to questions like why is it important to fully engage people with disabilities, what is the role of AMS in this engagement, how can AMS meetings be made accessible, etc. This discussion, the first of its kind at the AMS Annual Meeting, will serve as a guide to plan accessible AMS events in the future. We will summarize the discussions in a follow-up report that will form the basis of further action on this topic.
Town Hall Meeting: Effective Resume Writing
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
The Board for Early Career Professionals invites you to participate in a panel discussion regarding building a resume that will make you stand out in a sea of job applications. Panelists from academic, broadcast, government, and private sectors will be on hand to share past experiences, and provide tips and techniques to write an effective resume, whether it’s for your first, second, or subsequent job. Talks will be given by each panelist, along with a Q&A session at the end. Topics will include:
•Tailoring your resume for every job application.
•Understanding what skill sets hiring managers look for.
•Recognizing the difference between a resume and curriculum vitae (CV).
•Knowing what to leave off a resume.
•Making an eye-catching demo tape.
•Going above and beyond.
All members of the AMS community, including undergraduate and graduate students, post docs, and early career professionals are encouraged to attend this one hour town hall meeting.
Town Hall Meeting: NWS Model Development Forum
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
The mission of NWS global models is to provide the best possible numerical forecasts to our customers. A key element in providing accurate forecasts is the availability of accurate numerical guidance provided by computer models, mostly provided by NCEP. To address growing service demands and improve the accuracy of the forecasts, NWS needs to remain at the cutting-edge of research and model development and continuously transition science advances from research community to operations (R2O). Given the tremendously increased complexities of weather, climate and environmental prediction systems in the last two decades, the demands for more and more rigorous technology transfer processes and quality management procedures are increased. In an effort to foster more effective communications and successful research to operation transition to improve NWS operational models, NWS and OAR are sponsoring a Town Hall Meeting on NWS Model Development Forum. The purpose is to explain to the partners and stakeholders operational constraints and management procedures for the NWS model development and transition processes, and to get feedback on the expectations and requirements from the community.
Town Hall Meeting: Watch out! A review of the National Weather Service's watch, warning, advisory hazard messaging system. It's advised you attend. You have been warned!
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
For generations, the National Weather Service has utilized the terms "Watch", "Warning", and "Advisory" (WWA) to convey expectations of impact and level of forecast certainty associated with expected weather and water hazards. However, results of numerous NWS Service Assessments, initial social science research and other interactions with partners and the public suggests that many people misunderstand these terms - or confuse the terms one to another. In addition, there exists confusion among the 100+ products NWS uses to differentiate among the type, impact and forecast certainty of these hazards.
In response, NWS has initiated a "Hazards Simplification (or "Haz Simp") study to assess whether there may exist alternatives to WWA that would prove to be more intuitive, more easily understood and/or more easily communicated to users for the purpose of inspiring desired action by the public. This effort has now engaged social research and Phase I of this research has now been completed. High level results from the 20 focus groups held among the public, emergency managers, broadcasters and NWS forecasters during Phase I are as follows:
•Most people misunderstand the term "Advisory".
•Many supported the use of a hierarchical, color-based scheme to express varying levels of forecast certainty and impact (such as is employed by the European "Meteoalarm" system).
•Some people believe the system is working well enough and that enhanced education would increase understanding.
•Any change should be considered carefully and executed gradually.
The purpose of this Town Hall will be to present the results of "Haz Simp Phase I" and engage discussion from participants on their reaction and suggested options/alternatives for moving forward based on these results. Feedback on how "institutionalized" WWA is in partner and public decision making processes will also be welcomed. Also, all Annual Meeting attendees will be invited to visit the "Haz Simp" booth in the Exhibition Hall, where prototypes developed based on the Phase I results will be available for comment as part of Phase II of this project.
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-2:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Session
2
Energy Risk Management and the Importance of Linking Weather to Energy Planning
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
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
Joint Session
1
Assessing the Skill of Statistical Downscaling Techniques: Questioning Assumptions and Quantifying Value
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling;
and the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
1
Madden-Julian Oscillation in Cloud Permitting Models
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
and the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
1
Weather Observing Systems Via Airborne Platforms
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
)
Cochairs:
Session
2
Surface wave effects on oceanic turbulence and air-sea interaction, from small scale to climate scale, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Session
2
Aerosol impacts on shallow clouds I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
2
Agency Updates 2
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
1:45 PM
2.2
Session
2
Air Pollution / Health Modeling and Prediction Systems
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Chair:
2:15 PM
Paper 2.4 has moved. New poster number 930
Joint Session
2
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part II
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
)
Cochairs:
Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
Session
2
Communications: Public Safety & Educational Approaches to a WRN
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Joint Session
2
Computational and Data Advances: Integrated metrics and benchmarking for next generation hydro/land surface modeling of the water cycle session II (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology and the Committee on Probability and Statistics)
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
CoChair:
Joint Session
2
Design of next generation retrieval, data assimilation, and data fusion algorithms, especially as pertains to an integrated view of the Earth system
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
Session
2
Extratropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere, Part 2
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
2
General Topics in Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology - Part I
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
2
Global Warming Hiatus-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
2
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Measurements, Processes and Impacts I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in both in situ and remote sensing technologies for measuring greenhouse gases (GHGs). In addition, the planned launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) and the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instruments later this year should yield more information on GHGs than ever before. While these multiple observational platforms provide a significant potential for the monitoring of GHG emissions, more and more uncertainties are coming to light regarding our understanding of the global and regional budgets of GHGs, and in the identification and quantification of their climate feedback sensitivities.
This session solicits abstracts that address these uncertainties using models and observations, and provides new insights on process understanding across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. We encourage contributions on current and prospective observation technologies for GHGs, modeling studies to quantify GHG budgets and their associated uncertainties, evaluation and benchmarking of GHG estimates from Earth System Models using contemporary observations, and integration of observations and models to augment our process-based understanding.
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:
Session
2
International Applications for the Monitoring and Prediction of Weather Hazards including Volcanic Ash - Part II
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
2
Lightning Warning and Prediction
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
1:30 PM
2.1
2:00 PM
2.3
Session
2
Modeling, Analysis, and Learning
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
2:15 PM
Each poster presenter, in order by their poster number is provided with an opportunity to give a brief intro of their poster presentation that will be given during the formal poster viewing following the session
Session
2
Observation System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th 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: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
This is a continuation of Pre-college Education Initiatives I.
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:
Joint Session
3
Air-Sea Interaction and the Coastal Environment: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
and the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
)
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
1
3rd Weather-Ready Nation Symposium Poster Session
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Poster Session
1
Paper 309 has been moved. New paper number is 2.1A.
Poster Session
1
Advances in Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
This session covers the breadth of recent advances in using Python for data analysis, visualization, workflow integration, modeling, and teaching.
Poster 406 will now be presented as 3.4A
Poster Session
1
Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions I (Mon)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Poster 361 has been moved. New paper number is 2.1A.
Poster 363 has been moved. New paper number is 5.3A.
Poster 368 has been moved. New paper number is 7.4A.
Poster Session
1
Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 1 (Mon)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Poster 296 has been moved. New paper number is 4.4A.
Poster 297 has been moved. New paper number is 5.1A.
Poster Session
1
Poster Session
1
Computational and Data Advances: Hydrological Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Poster Session
1
Poster 53 has been moved. New paper number is 3.1A.
Joint Poster Session
1
Joint Satellite Program Poster Session I
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
153
202
209
Poster 211 has moved. New paper number is 1A.2A
Poster Session
1
130
Poster Session
1
Poster Session - Part I
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Monday and Tuesday Poster Session for EIPT Conference focusing on topics covered during the first two days of sessions.
Poster Session
1
Posters
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Air Pollution and Observational Studies Posters
Source Models and Atmospheric Dispersion Studies Posters
Poster Session
1
Posters on:
- extratropical upper troposphere / lower stratosphere
- gravity waves
- middle atmospheric climate variability and change
- tropical tropopause layer
- middle atmospheric transport
Poster 274 has been moved. New paper number is 9.1A
Poster 277 has been moved. New paper number is 14.2A
Poster Session
1
Joint Poster Session
1A
Computational and Data Advances: Integrated Metrics And Benchmarking For Next Generation Hydro/Land Surface Modeling Of The Water Cycle Posters (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology and the Committee on Probability and Statistics)
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Chair:
Poster Session
2
Regional climate variability and change Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Poster 57 has moved. New paper number is 13A.1.
Poster Session
1st Poster Session on Research to Operations
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Poster Session
Air-sea interaction at the mesoscale, and effect on planetary scale climate
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Poster Session
Air-sea interaction in tropical cyclone (high wind) conditions
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair:
Poster Session
Joint Poster Session
Joint Poster Session on Air Pollution and Air Quality Impacts on Health
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Poster Session
Laboratory, field, and satellite measurements of air-sea interaction processes
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair:
Poster Session
Madden-Julian Oscillation Symposium Posters
Host: Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Cochairs:
Madden-Julian Oscillation symposium posters
Poster 421 has been moved. New paper is J1.1A
Poster Session
Monday Poster Session
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Poster 345 has been moved. New paper number is 6.1A
Poster Session
Poster Session - 10th Symposium on Societal Applications
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Poster Session
Tuesday poster session
Poster Session
Surface wave effects on oceanic turbulence and air-sea interaction, from small scale to climate scale
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair:
Poster 262 has been moved. New paper number is 8.1.
Poster Session
The role of air-sea interaction in climate variability and change
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair:
4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Session
3
Energy Applications for Weather/Climate Data
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
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
Session
1
Computational and Data Advances: Hydrological Remote Sensing I (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology and the Committee on Probability and Statistics)
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
4:15 PM
1.2
Themed Joint Session
1
The Last Mile: Methods and Technologies for Delivering Custom Weather, Water, and Climate Information to Everyone in the World
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
)
Cochairs:
Session
2
Analysis of DYNAMO Observations
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Cochairs:
Joint Session
2
Technology Advances – Weather Testbeds
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
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
Session
3
Aerosol impacts on shallow clouds II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
3.4
Joint Session
3
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part III
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
)
Cochairs:
Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
Session
3
Applications for end users
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
4:15 PM
3.3
Session
3
Data and Visualization
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
Session
3
General Topics in Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology - Part II
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
3
Global Warming Hiatus-Part III
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
3
Gravity Waves
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
3
Green House Gas Emissions: Measurements, Processes and Impacts II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
3
Integrating WRN into New Methods, Products and Services
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
3
Laboratory, field, and satellite measurements of air-sea interaction processes
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Session
3
Meteorological Applications and Utility of Lightning Data
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Session
3
Mobile Apps for Weather
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:30 PM
3.3
4:45 PM
3.4
Session
3
Observation System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Joint Session
3
Satellite Testbeds and Proving Ground Activities
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
Session
3
Source Models and Atmospheric Dispersion Studies
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Chair:
Joint Session
4
Air-Sea Interaction and the Coastal Environment: Part 2
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
and the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
)
Cochairs:
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.
Joint Session
4
Societal Benefits of Satellite Data Applications
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy – Applying Big Weather Data to Address Today’s Energy Challenges
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
There is a tight correlation between weather and energy consumption but the relationship between meteorology and the electricity grid runs much deeper. The industry has undergone many changes and our Nation’s grid is increasingly more complex. From the integration of large scale wind generation and the complexities introduced from their intermittent behavior, to the disruptive forces of distributed solar generation and it’s ever increasing footprint, to maintaining overall grid resiliency in the wake of Super-Storm Sandy and other large scale severe weather outbreaks. These challenges with their increasing levels of complexity are being met head on by increased computational resources, big weather data in the form of increased observations and model output, and other big data being collected by the utilities.
The topics this Town Meeting will address broadly are:
1.Distributed Solar and its impact in Southern California. What is the “duck curve” and what can be done to mitigate its impact on the grid?
2.Outage modeling is now real, and in place within several utilities. How are outage models performing, and how are the utilities using big weather data to push the envelope further?
3.Resiliency isn’t just a difficult word to spell. All aspects of our Nation’s Energy Complex are dealing with climate adaptation. What role can the meteorological community play in this planning work?
This Town Hall Meeting is held in conjunction with the AMS Energy Committee and the AMS Renewable Energy Committees’ Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate and the New Energy Economy. Immediately following this Town Hall Meeting, joins us for an "Energizing" Happy Hour reception. Kick off the night's activities with light appetizers and drinks. Full details on the reception will be provided at the town hall meeting.
7:15 PM
Jamie Exon
7:30 PM
Renato Derech
7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015
Arizona Science Center Reception
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Open Environmental Information: A Discussion about Needs and Paths Forward
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
What is meant by Open Environmental Information? What are the gaps today for access to government-held environmental information and services? What are the impacts of those gaps and what are the societal benefits if those gaps are closed? How do we close the gaps and how rapidly can this be done? Who should take on the role to close the gaps? The Town Hall will include a panel and moderator and will encourage audience participation.
The following are excerpts from the Terms of Reference of the COEIS and is provided as additional background for the Town Hall.
“Open, timely access to rich state-of-the-science environmental data, model output, archives and information is crucial for the Weather and Climate Enterprise to optimally serve the nation.
To help NOAA and similar sources of environmental data ( federal, state, municipalities, etc.) ensure that such services are created and shared according to the principles of the open services paradigm, it is important to have clear and open exchanges amongst members of the Enterprise. This is especially true in an era of not only rapidly evolving information services, but also in uncertain fiscal conditions that may limit service options. It is also true that private industry, academia, and other organizations and institutions have access to data, model output, archives and information that is of communitywide value and must be included in the open dialogue. The American Meteorological Society is uniquely positioned to host and catalyze such exchanges.
The primary goals of open environmental information services are to ensure that:
a.The Weather and Climate Enterprise, and therefore the nation as a whole, realize maximum value from environmental information services by ensuring that all potentially useful and relevant information is available to the entire Enterprise;
b.New environmental information services and technologies are developed openly in symbiotic partnership with all elements of the Enterprise such that the resulting services achieve optimal utility and efficacy when deployed. This includes development in the broadest sense, and includes data bases, access systems, models, data assimilation schemes, applications, measurement and observing systems, and so forth.
The purpose of the COEIS is to build and strengthen bridges between various sectors of the weather and climate communities to help achieve the open environmental information services goals. While much of the focus of COEIS will be towards NOAA environmental services and the communities that develop and use such services, the committee will also work to foster open services with other domestic and foreign members of the Enterprise. While there are a number of forums in which NOAA and related government agencies currently engage the Enterprise on related topics, the COEIS would provide an explicit AMS entity to help encourage, create, promote, organize, expand, standardize, and execute these generally ad hoc efforts today.”
7:00 AM
Open Environmental Information - NWS - Laura Furgone
7:15 AM
Open Environmental Information - Matt Parker
7:30 AM
Open Environmental Information - Ryan
7:45 AM
Open Environment Information - Seablon
8:00 AM
Open Environmental Information - Ban
Town Hall Meeting: Strategic Planning Update for UCAR and NCAR
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and its managing entity, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, have undertaken strategic planning over the last two years. The UCAR plan is in the final draft stages after input from UCAR's 103 member universities. The NCAR plan has recently been finalized after community consultation and input from NSF. The two documents that have emerged will work in concert with each other, with UCAR's plan supporting the science goals outlined in the NCAR plan. This town hall will update attendees on the current status of the UCAR plan, including broad themes and objectives and the emergent goals related to research, facilities, services, education, training, and other activities of broad interest. A brief overview of NCAR's future directions based on its new strategic plan will also be provided.
7:00 AM
Town Hall Meeting: Strategic Planning Update for UCAR and NCAR -- Speaker: Gloria Kelly, UCAR
7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Future Challenges for NMHSs and the Opportunities of Partnership Working
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Local AMS Chapter Town Hall
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Looking for ideas for your local AMS chapter? Have an idea to share? Interested in learning about local AMS chapters? Join us at the first ever Local AMS Chapter Town Hall - designed for both student and regular chapter officers, members and prospective members. This town hall will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 from 8:00am to 8:30am. The Chapter of the Year award winners will begin the town hall by sharing activities that have worked well for them over the past year. All chapters are invited to share their successful activities, in addition to, their challenges to seek advice from other chapters. Those interested in joining a local chapter are also invited to attend to learn about local AMS chapters and how to participate. The Local Chapter Affairs Committee and local AMS chapters from across the country invite you to take part in this information sharing session!
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
4
Lightning Safety and Protection
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Cochairs:
8:45 AM
4.2
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
1
Coastal Climate - Observations and Modeling: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chairs:
Session
1
Global Weather Impacts in 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair:
Session
1
Introduction and Accomplishments
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair:
CoChair:
8:30 AM
Introduction - David Unger
Session
1
NASA Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Health and Air Quality: Moving from Research to Operational End Users
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Domestic and International officials have increasingly recognized links between environment and health. The World Health Organization (WHO) states “environmental hazards are responsible for as much as a quarter of the total burden of disease worldwide.” NASA maintains a diverse constellation of Earth observing research satellites and sponsors research in developing satellite data applications across a wide spectrum of areas including environmental health; infectious disease; air quality standards, policies, and regulations; and the impact of climate change on health and air quality. Successfully providing predictions with the accuracy and specificity required by decision makers will require advancements over current capabilities in a number of interrelated areas. These areas include observations, modeling systems, forecast development, application integration, and the research to operations transition process. NASA has been a primary partner with local, state, Federal, and international operational agencies over the past twelve years in these areas.
Session
1
Observations and Modeling of Inadvertent and Advertent Weather Modification I
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
Session
2
Computational and Data Advances: Hydrological Remote Sensing II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
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
Session
3
University Education Initiatives
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
4
Air-sea interaction in tropical cyclone (high wind) conditions, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Session
4
Data Assimilation: Updates on Assimilation Schemes and Analysis Products I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
4
Extreme Events and WRN
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
4
Fog and Cloud Chemistry, Biology and Deposition - I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
4
General Topics in Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology - Part III
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
4
Linkages between terrestrial and space weather
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
4
Middle atmosphere climate variability and change, Part 1
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
4
Parameterizations of aerosol-cloud interactions in regional and global models I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
4
Short-Range Forecast Modeling for Solar Electric Generation
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Session
4A
AWIPS System Updates - Part I
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
4A
Arctic circulation and sea-ice variability and trends: Structure and mechanisms
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
8:30 AM
4A.1
Session
4B
Information Systems Technology for Generation, Communication, Interpretation and Exploitation of Satellite Data
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
4B
Rasmusson-Wyrtki session on ENSO, Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, and Global Climatic Impacts: 20 Years after TOGA-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
The decade long International Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program ended twenty years ago in December 1994. TOGA fundamentally advanced our understanding of tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions and their global impacts, established a new observing system for El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) research and forecasting, and served as an incubator for the development of skillful seasonal prediction models. It paved the way for much subsequent progress in climate research and its legacy still resonates throughout the scientific community. This session will celebrate that legacy and pay tribute to two renowned scientists whose pioneering studies laid the foundation for TOGA and contributed greatly to its success: Gene Rasmusson and the late Klaus Wyrtki. Presentations are encouraged that highlight climate variability and change in the tropics, the global impacts of the tropics in the climate system, and advances in seasonal to decadal time scale climate forecasting. Presentations on evolving 2014 El Niño-like conditions are also encouraged.
8:30 AM
Introduction - Mike McPhaden
Joint Session
5
Program overviews and status for new operational environmental satellite systems
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
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)
Poster Session
1
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs), Data Assimilation Methodologies and Products
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Poster 231 has been moved. New paper number is 8.2A.
Poster Session
1
Poster 443 has been moved. Will now be paper 2.4A in the POSTDOWN Symposium
449
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:
Poster Session
2
Poster Session
2
Advances in evaporation and evapotranspiration estimates
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
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
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
)
Poster Session
3
Arctic circulation and sea-ice variability and trends: Structure and mechanisms Posters
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Poster Session
3
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Flood Analysis and Prediction Posters
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
AMS Information Statement on Bachelor’s Degree in Atmospheric Sciences
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Moderators:
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 Session
1
Space weather education initiatives
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 12th Conference on Space Weather;
and the 24th Symposium on Education
)
Cochairs:
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
1
Welcome Session: Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Cochairs:
Key note opening remarks to be given by Dr. Joel Myers, Founder, Chairman and President, Accuweather.
Session
2
AI Techniques for Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Cochairs:
Session
2
Climate Change and Infectious Disease: From Models to Applications
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Session
2
Coastal Climate - Observations and Modeling: Part 2
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
11:00 AM
Remarks: The STAC Committee on the Coastal Environment - Andre Van Der Westhuysen
Session
2
Drought and Wildfire Impacts from 2013 and 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair:
Session
2
Model Output Statistics (MOS)
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair:
CoChair:
11:00 AM
2.1
Session
2
Observations and Modeling of Inadvertent and Advertent Weather Modification II
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
Session
3
Computational and Data Advances: Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems I
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
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:
Session
5
Air-sea interaction in tropical cyclone (high wind) conditions, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Session
5
Data Assimilation: Updates on Assimilation Schemes and Analysis Products II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
5
Fog and Cloud Chemistry, Biology, and Deposition - II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
5
Middle atmosphere climate variability and change, Part 2
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
5
Parameterizations of aerosol-cloud interactions in regional and global models II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
5
Short-Range Forecast Modeling for Solar Electric Generation II
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Session
5
Turbulence and Wind Shear - Part I
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
5
Utility and Impact of Lightning Data in Operations
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
11:00 AM
5.1
11:30 AM
5.3
Session
5
WRN Tropical Weather Impact Improvements
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
5A
AWIPS System Updates - Part II
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Continuation of AWIPS session
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
6
How satellite data are being used to advance our understanding of fundamental weather and climate processes in the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and cryosphere, and will continue to improve our ability to observe, analyze, predict, and communicate weather and climate data at a new level of fidelity and timeliness
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
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.
Joint Session
7
Satellite Observations for Climate
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session between 20th SatMet Conference, 11GOES-R/JPSS Symposium, and 3rd JCSDA Symposium
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Harry R. Glahn Symposium Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Lunch Break
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Workshop
AMS Publications Workshop —The Inside Scoop on Peer Review and How Publishing a Research Article is Changing
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Town Hall Meeting
12:15 PM
Faster, Cheaper, and More Nimble: Improvements and Innovations in Publishing AMS Journals - Ken Heideman
12:30 PM
All About Peer Review and How Authors Can Maximize Success - Christa Peters-Lidard
New Ideas Forum: Networking and Idea Exchange for Student and Early Career Members
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
Student and early career members of the AMS represent the next generation of educators, scientists, broadcasters, and technical professionals that will continue to advance the weather enterprise. As their careers grow, these members will assume greater roles in the advancement of our scientific and related capabilities, supporting a broader thematic goal of “Fulfilling the Vision of Weather, Water, and Climate Information for Every Need, Time, and Place.” The AMS supports student and early career members in many ways, such as long-standing conferences catering to their specific needs and interests, and the technical meetings and sessions to be held during the 95th Annual Meeting in Phoenix. Student and early career members can also benefit from presenting, exchanging, and discussing their research interests and goals in an informal setting, fostering and growing the social networks critical to their future success. The New Ideas Forum offers additional opportunities for student and early career members to engage the community during the weeklong AMS Annual Meeting.
We are introducing The New Ideas Forum as a way for attendees to provide a brief, informal overview of their current and future interests in a collegial setting. Informal discussions are encouraged across all aspects of our discipline, including basic science, applied science, education, new technology, policy interests, or future directions you feel our field may be headed. Participants will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves to their community, share highlights of their interests, and engage in questions and answers with their peers. The goal of the session is to increase networking opportunities for student and early career members participating in the Annual Meeting, and to encourage partnerships among student, early, and later-career members that can lead to mentoring opportunities, business or proposal collaborations, and other activities of mutual benefit.
This Tuesday lunch-hour session will focus on activities of student and early-career members. Interested participants, including mid- and late-career members, are invited to stop by the Town Hall Meeting session on Tuesday. Session chairs will help to coordinate an informal exchange among attendees while ensuring time for all to participate. Participants will then be provided up to 5 minutes to present their interests. A few presentation charts are welcome, but not required. Ideally, this session will function as a “speed round” of introductions and interactions among attendees to share their new ideas and future goals.
Town Hall Meeting: Advances in OCONUS Satellite Applications Enabled by the Current and New Generation of Polar-orbiting and Geostationary Environmental Satellites
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
The current and new generation of operational polar-orbiting and geostationary environmental satellite systems (JPSS, GCOM-W, Metop, DMSP, GOES-R and Himawari) are being accompanied by new and improved user applications. Many of these improved applications are being made available to regions outside the conterminous United States (OCONUS) through direct broadcast (DB) technology and by other means. These user applications include tropical cyclone monitoring, volcanic ash tracking, river flood assessment, and low cloud and fog forecasting. These new user applications are anticipated to become critical tools for weather forecasters and environmental managers in regions with a scarcity of other data. The use of direct broadcast antennas offers the user many advantages such as reduced data latency, the ability to network with other DB sites to create wider regional coverage, and the ability to assimilate these data into forecast models to help generate locally-unique products. The Town Hall will convene a panel with broad expertise in satellite data applications and DB technology to discuss these new satellite applications, their current operational use, and the evaluation of their impact to the user communities in OCONUS regions.
12:15 PM
Advances in OCONUS Satellite Applications Enabled by the Current and New Generation of Polar-Orbiting and Geostationary Environmental Satellites - Gary McWilliams
12:30 PM
Steve Ackerman
12:45 PM
Carven Scott
1:00 PM
Gary Jedlovec
1:15 PM
Bill Ward
1:30 PM
Kota Prasad
Town Hall Meeting: Dawn of a New Age in Water Prediction – The National Water Center
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
This AMS Town Hall meeting is expected to raise awareness of the unprecedented opportunity to innovate, coordinate and collaborate in the water sector to address 21st century water resource and management challenges such as water shortages and security, water quality and hydrologic extremes. Speakers from academia and federal agencies (including NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) will discuss how strong involvement through the National Water Center (NWC) will enhance joint planning and co-development of new science as well as the transition of research results to sustained applications and operations.
The NWC provides the capacity to transform, integrate and modernize hydrology and water resource science-based services to improve resiliency and build a more Weather and Water Ready Nation. Designed for optimal coordination and collaboration across the climate, water and weather enterprise, the NWC promotes a total water approach that fosters linkages between riverine and coastal water outcomes. By working closely with the community-of-practice (academia, industry) as well as various regional and local actors (end-users such as farmers, federal, state, regional and local water resource managers, commercial enterprises…) this approach will catalyze development and exploitation of state-of-the-science and infrastructure to enable sustainable solutions. Demand-driven innovation, merging interdisciplinary and new information, will contribute to the knowledge base supporting decision making in water resource and emergency management as well as key sectors such as transport, tourism, fisheries, agriculture, biotech, resource extraction and energy. The intended result is for the NWC to provide the Nation’s most trusted and authoritative source for comprehensive and integrated water predictions including critical data, models, analyses, and forecast information to enhance resilience to high impact extreme hydrometeorological events. Recognizing the advanced challenges, NWC-partnerships are being created to strengthen capabilities and do new things that focus on key areas including data interoperability, enterprise GIS, improving observational capacity, and numerical modeling to simulate hydrologic processes and the water budget at very high resolution. As an example, the NWC will operate and improve end-to-end early warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) systems, and make available and accessible the predictive information and related data, models, maps and forecast products for optimizing decision-support services.
Town Hall Meeting: Developing Climate Scenarios for the 4th National Climate Assessment and the Sustained Assessment Process
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
Scenarios of future physical climate conditions provide the necessary unifying foundation for internally consistent consideration of impacts and for modeling of impacts performed specifically for the climate assessment process. The development of scenarios for the Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment and the Sustained Assessment process is already beginning and this Town Hall is intended to provide a mechanism for gathering input from the climate community on the scenarios process. Issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the use of CMIP3 vs. CMIP5 model simulations, statistical and dynamical downscaling, higher temporal resolution (e.g. sub-daily) scenarios, and integration with other types of scenarios such as land-use or population change.
Town Hall Meeting: NASA Earth Science Division Town Hall Meeting
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
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.
12:15 PM
Introduction - Michael Freilich
Town Hall: Report of an International Roadmap on Space Weather: Science of space weather and its impact on life and society
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
With the rapid development of the technological infrastructure upon which modern society depends comes a growing appreciation of the hazards presented by the phenomena around our home planet that we call
space weather. The complexity of the coupled Sun-Earth system, the sparseness by which it can be covered by remote-sensing and in-situ instrumentation, and the costs of the required observational and computational infrastructure warrant an international approach with feasible, affordable solutions. COSPAR and the steering committee of the International Living With a Star program tasked a multi-disciplinary, international team with the development of a roadmap with the goal of demonstrably improving our observational capabilities for, scientific understanding of, and ability to forecast the various aspects of space weather. This presentation reviews the
significance of space weather, and summarizes the roadmap, its top-priority recommendations, and their underlying rationale.
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
Panel Discussion
1
Communicating the State of Understanding of Climate and Climate Change
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderators:
Panelists:
Effective communication of climate and climate change information remains a challenging goal. The scientific terminology and public understanding of “climate” has changed significantly over the years. Scientific understanding of the “climate system” has made major advances in the past decades as the interdependency of the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere, land surfaces, ice, soil moisture , etc., have become part of “climate”. Human responses to climate and climate change have historically been driven by adaptation to relatively slow changes. Observations and research show climate and its many components now is changing at a rate not seen in human history. Can we more effectively communicate the certainty and the uncertainties of climate and climate change for both better public understanding and better decision making in a rapidly changing climate environment? A distinguished panel of science communicators, climate scientists, social scientists, decision makers and users of climate, climate and global change information will address a number of these questions and discuss pertinent issues with the attendees. It is the intent of the CECWCI that review/synopsis of the panel/town hall session will also be widely disseminated and published.
Session
1
History of Weather
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th History Symposium
Joint Session
1
Marine aerosols: Sources, chemistry, and cloud-climate interactions I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
)
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
2
Human Alteration of Weather and Climate: Engineering, Ethics, and Politics
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification;
and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
)
Chair:
Session
3
Dissemination and Decision Support
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair:
CoChair:
1:30 PM
Introduction - David Unger
Session
3
Major Weather Impacts in 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair:
2:15 PM
3.4
Session
3
Modeling of Global, Regional and Coastal Atmospheric and Ocean Systems: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
Session
4
Computational and Data Advances: Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
4
Outreach and Broader Impacts
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
5
Advances in observations and modeling (1)
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
5
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Flood Analysis and Prediction I
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
5
Rasmusson-Wyrtki session on ENSO, Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, and Global Climatic Impacts: 20 Years after TOGA-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
6
Air-sea interaction at the mesoscale, and effect on planetary scale climate, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Session
6
Data Assimilation: Hybrid Schemes
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
6
Electric Generation Forecast Modeling for Wind and Solar
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
Session
6
General Applications of Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning Data
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
2:30 PM
6.5
Session
6
Middle atmosphere climate variability and change / Tropical tropopause layer
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
6
Science & Technology Approaches to a WRN – Part 1
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
6
Turbulence and Wind Shear - Part II
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
2:30 PM
6.5
Session
6A
Quasi-Operational Products you can use now
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
6B
RADAR - MPAR Program and Radar Research
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
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
8
Selections of Student Research within the Joint Satellite Program
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
Pulling student submissions from each of the three conferences within the Joint Satellite Program, this session will highlight the innovations being made by young scientists.
2:30 PM
J8.5
2:45 PM
J8.6A
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-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
2
Other Topics Analyzed Through the Lens of History
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th History Symposium
4:00 PM
2.3
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
7
Turbulence and Wind Shear - Part III
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
7
Wind Modeling for Short-Range Forecasting
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Joint Session
2
Marine aerosols: Sources, chemistry, and cloud-climate interactions II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
)
Cochairs:
Session
3
AI for Climate Informatics
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Chair:
Session
3
Orographic Cloud Seeding: Numerical Modeling
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
Paper 3.5 has been moved. It is now poster 924.
Joint Session
3
The Use of Social Media in Education, Outreach and Training
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 24th Symposium on Education;
and the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
Session
4
Future Directions
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
4
Modeling of Global, Regional and Coastal Atmospheric and Ocean Systems: Part 2; Novel observational techniques
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
Session
4
US Weather Impacts in 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair:
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
Session
6
Advances in Observations and Modeling (2)
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
6
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Flood Analysis and Prediction II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
6
Impacts of aerosols on storm dynamics, cloud physics, and precipitation II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
7
Data Assimilation: New Methodologies I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
7
Lightning Physics, Photography and Videography
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Details regarding lightning physics and corresponding scientific applications of lightning photography and videography.
Session
7
Science & Technology Approaches to a WRN – Part 2: Decision Support Services
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
7
The role of air-sea interaction in climate variability and change, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Session
7
Tropical tropopause layer / Middle atmosphere transport
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
7A
RADAR - Signal Processing for Next Generation Radars
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
7A.6
Session
7B
Road Weather Applications
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
9
Research/studies that assess the impact of satellite data on forecast skill
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
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
10
User readiness for new operational environmental satellite systems
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
4:30 PM
J10.5
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
3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
6
Rasmusson-Wyrtki session on ENSO, Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, and Global Climatic Impacts: 20 Years after TOGA-Part III
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Education Symposium Discussion
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
The Symposium on Education seeks input to help formulate ideas for activities and sessions for the 2016 annual AMS meeting. 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. We welcome your ideas and suggestions.
6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Session
Town Hall Meeting: Weather in Search, Social, and Mobile
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
and the Town Hall Meeting
)
Weather information is being used in exciting new ways. The forefront of this innovation is online applications such as search, social, and mobile. This Town Hall panel brings together four key players in this space – Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft – to discuss how they use weather to reach billions of consumers, often in novel ways.
David Kenny, CEO of The Weather Company, will moderate. Panelists include:
• Bryan Hurren, strategic partnerships manager at Facebook
• Andrew Fitzgerald, Media Partnerships team at Twitter
• Arial Gronau, technical program manager at Google
• Brett Tanzer, weather program manager at Microsoft
6:00 PM
Town Hall Meeting: Weather in Search, Social, and Mobile - Ariel Gronau
6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Weather Risk Management: What Does it Mean and Where is it Going?
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Wikipedia defines Weather Risk Management as “a way for organizations to limit their financial exposure to disruptive weather events.” The Weather Risk Management Association defines it as “having two facets: (1) The management of the financial consequences adverse weather for those with natural exposure to weather; and (2) Commercial trading of weather risk, both in its own right and in conjunction with a variety of commodities. “
Willis Group’s website cites “Traditional insurance offers protection against events such as floods and storms, but in the UK and in Europe there is not yet a wide use of protection against the effects of seasonal weather patterns such as temperature, rainfall or sunshine. However, these factors can have a major influence on corporate results and many firms publicly acknowledge this. As weather hedging becomes more commonplace, blaming the weather for poor results will become less acceptable.”
The CME Group says “To help manage [the] impact on consumers and corporations, CME Group’s product slate has grown to meet customer needs by offering multiple risk management opportunities related to temperature, snowfall, frost, rainfall and hurricanes in more than 50 cities worldwide.
Weather futures and options are available for block trading, which are privately negotiated futures, options, or combination transactions.”
The term “Weather Risk Management” means many different things across our professional community. Weather trading, commodity trading, insurance, reinsurance and hedging are all terms of art. But what does it all really mean?? Who protects their business from weather risk? What information do they need in order to ‘manage weather risk?’ What is weather risk?? What does Weather Risk Management mean for meteorologists? What opportunities does it present? How have those opportunities changed since the first financial products were introduced in the late 1990s? Where is the market headed and what does that mean for information providers, experts, and customers? Join our panel of experts as we discuss the future for Weather Risk Management.
6:00 PM
Town Hall Meeting: Weather Risk Management: What Does it Mean and Where is it Going? - S. Bennett
6:00 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Wind-wave-current interactions, high winds, and tropical cyclone
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
We will discuss a new initiative for complex measurements in hurricanes with the purpose of advancing hurricane modeling.
Physics of air-sea interactions, wave dynamics, atmospheric boundary layer, and upper ocean currents/mixing are very different in extreme winds compared to more benign conditions. However, our ability to observe and understand these physics is very limited. Often extrapolations from moderate conditions are relied upon even though they may not be physically justified.
While theoretical research and numerical modeling of physics under extreme wind conditions have improved significantly over the last decade, there is little experimental and field evidence to validate and calibrate the models. In this meeting, we will discuss a new initiative to measure surface waves, air-sea fluxes, near-surface ocean turbulence/currents/mixing, and structure of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer in extreme wind conditions for use in model validation. Please follow the link for more details (http://www.po.gso.uri.edu/airsea/ASI2015hurricane/Extreme_Events_meeting_AMS_2015.pdf)
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
7:00 AM-8:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: The Weather Coalition: An Organizational Status and a Broad Legislative Update
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
The Weather Coalition (WC) welcomes new and returning members, as well as non-members interested in learning about the Weather Coalition and its activities, to this Town Hall event. The Weather Coalition Co-Chairs will provide a status of the organization, summarize activities associated with weather-related advocacy and legislation that took place across the past year, and discuss expected activities during 2015. Invited speaker Scott Rayder of UCAR will provide a legislative update that will focus on House and Senate legislative activities, budgets, and the recent elections.
7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Lessons learned about coping with high impact hydro-meteorological events in the US: “A stepping stone panel discussion for the 2015 DRR Summit on Lessons Learned about Lessons Learned
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
Globally, high impact hydrometeorological events such as floods, flash floods, mudslides and droughts cause more humanitarian and economic losses than all other natural hazards. A key solution to mitigating climate, weather and water catastrophes is to establish End-to-End Early warning systems (EWS) as part of sustained and durable Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs. Country Donors, Finance Institutions, Hydrometeorological Organizations, such as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and Federal agencies, such as NOAA, have established and strengthened EWS capacity in regions where climate-extreme events have caused major disasters, such as in Central America (Hurricane Mitch 1998), and yet after each disaster these systems have fallen into disrepair. There are many technical and social/cultural lessons that should be learned from capacity building hydrometeorological projects that are not captured and used to restructure projects to improve sustainability. Instead, we keep making many of the same design, development, operation and maintenance mistakes and keep getting the same results. Recent studies (Glance and Baudoin,2014) of hydrometeorological projects reveals lessons are not learned. In fact lessons are not readily learned nor applied by many of the players responsible for and investing in building capacity of National Hydrological and Meteorological Services required to support key sectors and vulnerable communities. A “Lessons Learned” conference is planned in 2015 to address the question why the international community is not learning from history and what must be done to change effective practices. In the U.S., hydrometeorological disasters such as Katrina and Sandy have had a significant impact on the economy and building resilience to future high impact events.
How does the U.S. and its partners learn from disaster preparedness, response and recovery and are there more effective approaches and practices that will contribute to lesson learning internationally? Are there international approaches from which the US can learn ? A panel will discuss the Lessons learning processes in the US, how it can be improved and how the US could/should work in the Global theater of building resilience to the new normal of extreme and high-impact events.
7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Climate Impacts and EPA Action
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
7:30 AM
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Climate Impacts and EPA Action
8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
1
Welcome and Introductions
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair:
8:30 AM
Welcome and Introductions - Matt Ramey
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
1
Advances in Satellite Observations and Earth Science
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
1
Applications of Lidar in the Energy Sector
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
Cochairs:
Session
1
Climate Change and the Human System
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair:
Session
1
Maximizing the Utility of Ensembles
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs:
Joint Session
2
MJO Prediction and Tropical Cyclones
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
)
Cochairs:
Session
2
Mind the Gap — Building Bridges Between the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Climate Services
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Chair:
Every day, public officials, business leaders and private citizens are making decisions that depend on understanding how climate will change over the course of the next 1, 10, to 100 years. To meet the rising demand for information that these decisions require, a suite of climate service information providers has emerged. The climate services enterprise in the United States includes entities from public, private, academic and non-governmental organizations. As the climate service enterprise grows with the demand for information, it is increasingly important that the public and private sector in particular work as partners if nation is fulfill the vision of climate information for every need, time and place.
This session will explore the climate service value chain and the relationship between the public and private sectors in optimizing the development and delivery of climate services. The session will focus on understanding what decision makers need, and how climate service providers across sectors supply this information. How is information generated by the public and private sectors, and then delivered to the decision maker? Are there best practices for the partnership between the public and private sectors that the AMS community should be aware of? The Climate Services Committee would also expects that this session will explore how the AMS Community can work to ensure continuing support for the basic infrastructure on which climate services rely, and inform the dialog between the public and private climate service sectors as it has successfully done for the weather sector.
9:15 AM
2.4
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:
Joint Session
3
Soil dust: Lofting and transport, characterization, and interactions with clouds and storms I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
Session
4
Orographic Cloud Seeding: Results of the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
Session
5
Innovations in University Instruction - Synoptic Meteorology
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
6
Atmospheric Convection: Impact on Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
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
Session
7
US and Mexico Border Region: North American Monsoon I
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
The North American Monsoon (NAM) defines the summer season hydroclimatology of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with important interactions between oceanic, atmospheric, land surface and ecological processes. This session invites contributions on recent advances in understanding the NAM, including its predictability, physical processes, and societal implications. Of particular interest are studies using field datasets, such as those from the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) and subsequent activities, and numerical modeling efforts stemming from those activities. We welcome studies focused across a range of time scales from the diurnal cycle up to interannual predictions under climate change scenarios.
9:45 AM
Q&A
Session
7A
Regional climate variability and change: Detection and attribution of temperature and precipitation variations: Role of greenhouse gases, anthropogenic aerosols, and multidecadal natural variability; high-resolution regional climate projections
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
7B
The Peter J. Lamb Session on Climate Variability in Precipitation Processes-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
This session is dedicated to Dr. Peter J. Lamb. Because Dr. Lamb's interests encompassed a wide scope of precipitation processes studies from around the globe, research concerned with precipitation variability from any geographical region or location are welcome. Targeted presentations can be observational, modeling, or a combination of either related to precipitation processes, at time scales spanning the continuum of weather to climate.
Session
8
APIs and Web Services for Accessing, Integrating and Using Weather, Water, Climate and Societal Information via Desktop and Mobile Platforms
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
8
Impact of Assimilating Observations I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
9:45 AM
8.6
Session
8
Lightning Climatology
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Session
8
Range, Aerospace, and Commercial Spaceport
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
8
Sea surface processes and fluxes: 2013 HiWinGS (The High Winds Gas Exchange Study)
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Session
8
Sudden stratospheric warmings
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Joint Session
11
Preparing for GOES-R series including instrument overviews, data access/flow, and user/education training
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Cochairs:
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
Joint Session
12
The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission--Part 1
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the 29th Conference on Hydrology
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session with the 29th Conference on Hydrology
Paper J12.5 has moved. New paper number is J13.1A
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
7
Core Science Lecture on The State and Future of Space Weather
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
1
Management/Operations
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
Session
2
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote)
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Speakers:
ASLI is pleased to bring Dr Heidorn and Ruth Kneale to present on the topic of librarian competencies and the roles our professional organizations play in our development. With challenging budgets, job redefinition, and the need for ongoing skill and knowledge creation, how do these groups support us? How might they evolve to further meet our educational needs? We will explore these questions, aware of our relationships to some scientific societies.
9:00 AM
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote) - Bryan Heidorn
9:15 AM
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote) - Ruth Kneale
9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Spouses' Coffee
9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
8
Key Challenges in Space Weather
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
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-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
2
Fiscal/Accounting
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
3
Growing ASLI to Deliver the Vision
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair:
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
Views and Perspectives on Earth's Unique Climate in Our Solar System
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Moderator:
Panelists:
Cochairs:
Session
2
Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair:
Session
2
Innovative Sensors and Methods
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
11:45 AM
2.6
Panel Discussion
2
Mind the Gap — Building Bridges Between the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Climate Services
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderator:
Panelists:
This panel will build off the presentations from the first session and continue to explore the relationship between the public and private sectors in optimizing the development and delivery of climate services. This panel will focus on: identifying lessons learned that can be applied to other locales and/or sectors; exploring best practices for the partnership between the public and private sectors; and the role of the broader AMS community in fostering these relationships for climate services as it has successfully done for the weather sector.
Session
2
Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs:
Paper 2.3 has been moved. New poster number is 927.
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:
Joint Session
3
Applications of Lidar in the Energy Sector - II
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
4
Soil dust: Lofting and transport, characterization, and interactions with clouds and storms II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
Session
4
AI Techniques Applied to Environmental Science
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Chair:
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
Joint Session
4
Extratropical Interactions with the MJO
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
)
Cochairs:
Session
5
Case Studies: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
11:15 AM
5.4
Session
5
WWMPP Associated Studies: Climatology and ASCII Field Program
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Cochairs:
Session
6
Innovations in University Instruction - Synoptic Meteorology II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
A continuation of Innovations in University Instruction - Synoptic Meteorology I
Session
7
Atmospheric Convection: Impact on Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
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.
Session
8
US and Mexico Border Region: North American Monsoon II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
8A
Decadal-Multidecadal variability in Pacific and Atlantic basins: Ocean surface/subsurface structure; ocean-atmosphere-land-cryosphere interactions; hydroclimate impacts (e.g., droughts) and mechanisms; potential predictability; experimental prediction (statistical/ dynamical).
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
8B
The Peter J. Lamb Session on Climate Variability in Precipitation Processes-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
9
Decision Support Tools - Part I
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
9.5
Session
9
Impact of Assimilating Observations II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
9
Results from the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Experiment (DC3)
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Session
9
Services Update (invited)
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Facilitator:
Speakers:
11:15 AM
Welcoming Remarks
11:20 AM
Discussion
12:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
Session
9
Sudden stratospheric warmings / Stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
9
The role of air-sea interaction in climate variability and change, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Joint Session
13
The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission--Part 2
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the 29th Conference on Hydrology
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session with the 29th Conference on Hydrology
Paper J13.1 has moved. New paper number is J12.5A
Joint Session
14
Algorithm Development I
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
11:15 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
3
Marketing/Advertising
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
Panel Discussion
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
11:45 AM
PD1.1
Panel discussion involving the forum participants. This is the time for the audience to bring up specific matters for discussion.
12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Core Science Talk – Multi-hazard Impact Science with an Emphasis on Natural Hazards
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
The last few years has seen an increasing focus by the Met Office in the UK to provide Impact-based weather warnings in response to the public's, disaster management authorities' and Governments' needs to have a common, meaningful and understandable means of weather hazard communication. The UK's National Severe Weather Warning Service went impact-based in 2011 and a series of successfully communicated high impact flooding and wind storms events since then have provided ample evidence of the common language now being spoken between the scientists, planners and responders. The biggest challenge now is to further develop the underpinning science of weather hazard impact by integrating the mature science of weather forecasting with the developing science of hazard vulnerability and exposure. This necessarily requires an increasing dependency on other agencies and new databases, the development of interoperable science and visualisation frameworks and new and innovative means of monitoring and reporting hazard impact. The Natural Hazard Partnership, chaired by the Met Office, is leading the way in coordinating work in the UK to broaden the science to services pipeline into a range of multi-hazard impact assessments. This town hall talk looks to take us on the journey that is multi-hazard impact science into relevant and understandable assessments and warnings to the public, disaster management authorities and UK Governments.
The second half of the town hall will feature an update and discussion of the Bárðarbunga volcanic activity and its impacts with updates from Sara Barsotti from the IMO and others.
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Eugenia Kalnay Symposium Luncheon
Location: 229B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
Lunch Break
Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Weather-Ready Nation Student Luncheon
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: DOE Data strategy for the atmospheric and climate sciences
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Currently available systems to disseminate observations and model-generated data to atmospheric and climate scientists are varied, and funding agencies are exploring ways to harmonize data inventories into a form where researchers can access information in a seamless and efficient manner. We will summarize the DOE pathway towards unification of DOE data inventories, including investments to provide server side analysis, multi-dimensional visualization, federated data nodes, and options to overcome the growing data storage challenge. Within this Town Hall we hope to facilitate a forum whereby attendees can help shape our future plans.
Town Hall Meeting: Future Directions for Employment for Newly Graduated Meteorologists
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
The AMS Board on Higher Education, Board for Operational Government Meteorologists, and Weather Analysis and Forecast Committee invite you to participate in a panel discussion regarding employment opportunities and challenges for newly graduated meteorologists. Panelists from government and private sectors will be on hand to provide insight on where job opportunities are opening up and what future indicators are suggesting for the next several years. Short talks will be given by each panelist, along with a Q&A session at the end. Areas addressed will include:
•Additional skills that make a new B.S. holder more competitive in the job market
•Tips on finding job opportunities
•Additional strategies to enhance your potential for employment
•Benefits of additional education
All members of the AMS community, including undergraduate and graduate students, post docs, and early career professionals are encouraged to attend this one hour town hall meeting.
12:30 PM
John Knox
12:45 PM
Marshall Moss
1:00 PM
Jason Tuell
1:15 PM
J.T. Johnson
1:30 PM
Future Directions For Employment for Newly Graduated Meteorologists - Peter Telfeyan
Town Hall Meeting: NASA ICESat-2 Mission Town Hall
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is the new space-based altimeter mission being developed for a target launch in 2017. ICESat-2 will continue important observations of ice-sheet elevation change, sea ice freeboard, and vegetation canopy height begun by the first ICESat mission, which operated from 2003 to 2009. This town hall discusses the primary ICESat-2 data products and highlights the different initiatives and goals of the ICESat-2 Applications program. Our goal is to elicit questions to foster the development of currently underrepresented thematic areas that will benefit from ICESat-2 measurements.
Town Hall Meeting: NASA’s Earth Science Flight Program Investments in and Planning for the Next-Generation Earth Observatories – An Update
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
NASA has eleven Earth science missions currently in formulation and development, with eight scheduled to launch before the end of 2018. These include CATS (NET December 2014), SMAP (January 2015), SAGE III (2016), CYGNSS (2016), TEMPO (2017), GRACE FO (2017), ICESat-2 (2017), and ECOSTRESS (2018). These will join the fleet of seventeen operating NASA Earth science research satellites, including the recently launched Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, OCO-2, and ISS-Rapidscat, as well as other US and international weather, climate, and research satellites. NASA also has the responsibility for defining and implementing, in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the nation’s Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) program to follow the currently flying Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 missions. Additionally, NASA has been directed to continue the fundamental climate measurements of solar irradiance, Earth radiation budget, and Ozone profiling to extend these data records into the future. How will NASA meet these demanding measurement objectives? NASA’s Earth Science Division is working now, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the USGS, DOE, international partners, and with the industrial community on science studies, technology investments, and mission definition studies to prepare the next generation of satellites and observations for launch in 2019 and beyond. 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.
Town Hall Meeting: NASA’s Earth Science Flight Program Investments in and Planning for the Next-Generation Earth Observatories – An Update
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
NASA has eleven Earth science missions currently in formulation and development, with eight scheduled to launch before the end of 2018. These include CATS (NET December 2014), SMAP (January 2015), SAGE III (2016), CYGNSS (2016), TEMPO (2017), GRACE FO (2017), ICESat-2 (2017), and ECOSTRESS (2018). These will join the fleet of seventeen operating NASA Earth science research satellites, including the recently launched Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, OCO-2, and ISS-Rapidscat, as well as other US and international weather, climate, and research satellites. NASA also has the responsibility for defining and implementing, in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the nation’s Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) program to follow the currently flying Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 missions. Additionally, NASA has been directed to continue the fundamental climate measurements of solar irradiance, Earth radiation budget, and Ozone profiling to extend these data records into the future. How will NASA meet these demanding measurement objectives? NASA’s Earth Science Division is working now, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the USGS, DOE, international partners, and with the industrial community on science studies, technology investments, and mission definition studies to prepare the next generation of satellites and observations for launch in 2019 and beyond. 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.
Town Hall Meeting: NOAA’s NCDC Responds to the Deepening Southwestern Drought with Climate Data, Products, and Services
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
In response to the deepening drought sweeping the southwestern US in 2014 and the perennial stress on the region’s water resources, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC offers a suite of climate data, products, and services. End users requiring these products and services range from State Climatologists to regional and local water providers and agricultural extension agents. The drought products offered include the weekly US Drought Monitor Report, authorship in the Monthly North American Drought Monitor, and essential measurement variables including Soil moisture, Palmer Drought Indices (PDSI) the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the TD9658 Palmer Drought. NCDC also provides in-situ and satellite datasets and analysis of historical and current drought conditions. All of the climate data, products, and services offered by NCDC for drought response, focused on the southwestern US, will be presented and discussed. In addition, NCDC and NOAA continually seek to improve their support to decision makers. To that end, input will be solicited via discussion on emerging needs from decision makers and how those needs may be met through the nation’s climate archives and science.
Town Hall Meeting: Post-THORPEX Legacy Projects: High-Impact Weather (HIWeather) and a new proposed US initiative
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
This Town Hall comprises two interconnected projects: the WMO/WWRP High-Impact Weather Project (HIWeather), and a new US initiative to develop a plan that integrates US interests in HIWeather with two other WMO/WWRP projects: the Polar Prediction and Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction projects. This Town Hall will provide an opportunity to find out more about the activities that are planned and to question those involved about how to get involved.
Despite dramatic improvements in forecast accuracy in the last decade, the global cost of high impact weather continues to grow at an alarming rate. HIWeather will focus global research on those aspects of the weather enterprise, both science- and service-related, that currently inhibit effective responses to forecasts and warnings, especially with regard to the impacts of urban flooding, wildfires, local extreme winds, disruptive winter weather and extreme heat/air pollution in megacities. Working together on these problems will both accelerate progress and enable less developed nations to benefit.
In parallel, efforts have been underway since mid-2014 to engage the US community in the three aforementioned WMO/WWRP projects, and for participants to identify critical gaps, common scientific challenges and priorities. The next stage in the US is to develop a coordinated community project plan. In addition to introducing the structure for a US project plan, Town Hall participants are encouraged to provide feedback on the path forward, and contributions from the community to the drafting of the US project plan are encouraged.
Town Hall Meeting: “Hotspot Project”: What can we learn and what's next?
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker:
Midlatitude air-sea interaction, including the climatic impacts of strong western boundary currents and associated oceanic fronts, is drawing increasing attention from climate science community. These impacts have been studied extensively during a 5-year Japanese "Hotspot Project" launched in 2010. An overview and the main outcomes of this project are introduced in this Town Hall Meeting. We will discuss how the community can utilize the unique data obtained by the intensive observation campaigns around the Kuroshio Extension, and how we can coordinate international collaborations in future. Grab your lunch and join us for a lively discussion on the “hotspots of our climate system”.
12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
ASLI Choice Book Awards
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
This year the awards for the best books published in 2014 will be presented in the ASLI Conference Room. Please join us to honor the authors and publishers!
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Improving the Communication of Space Weather Information through the Media
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise;
and the 12th Conference on Space Weather
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
Session
1
Lidar Data for Model Assimilation and Validation
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
Paper 1.4 has been moved. New poster number is 928
Panel Discussion
1
Presentations and Panel Discussion: Altmetrics
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Moderator:
Panelists:
This panel will engage the ASLI community in a discussion of alternative metrics (Altmetrics): what they measure, what librarians need to know, and how they are being used.
2:15 PM
Altmetrics - Jason Dewland
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
3
Advances in Satellite and Aircraft Observations and Sensors
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
2:00 PM
3.3
Session
3
CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change - Part I
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Session
3
Data Assimilation
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair:
Session
3
Post-Processing and Product Generation - Part 1
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs:
Panel Discussion
3
Streaming Media: The Choice Between "Movies" or Weather Products
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderators:
Panelists:
Federal spectrum sharing, both currently underway and proposed, and how it will affect meteorological users. Moving data from space to users may be impacted by other commercial interests. Understand how it may affect you, how you can speak up about proposed plans and what the next steps are in protecting meteorological radio frequency spectrum and the products it supports.
Joint Session
5
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Energy-Part I
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
CoChair:
Joint Session
5
Core Science Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
)
Cochairs:
Themed Joint Session
5
The New Scientists and Professionals: Ensuring a next-generation educated and supported to match the daunting spectrum of user and technology drivers
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 24th Symposium on Education;
the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals;
and the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Facilitators:
Session
6
Case Studies: Part 2
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
Session
6
Orographic Cloud Seeding: Wyoming and Idaho Physical Studies
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
Session
8
Medium-Range, Sub-Seasonal and Seasonal Scale Forecast Techniques and Modeling for Energy Demand
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
Session
8
Using Social Media for Communications, Information Gathering and Dissemination
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
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
Session
9A
Extreme events: Analysis of heat waves and polar air outbreaks—Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
9B
Interannual variability: Inter-basin links; internally-generated vs. externally-forced basin variability; ocean-atmosphere structure and mechanisms in observations and climate simulations; progress prospects of monthly-to-seasonal prediction-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
10
Air-sea interaction at the mesoscale, and effect on planetary scale climate, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Session
10
Decision Support Tools - Part II
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
2:00 PM
Paper 10.3 has moved. New paper number is 769A.
Session
10
Defining sudden stratospheric warmings
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Community Discussion last 45 min
1:45 PM
Discussion
Session
10
Field Experiments I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
10
Lightning in Tropical Cyclones
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Session
10
RADAR - Radar Meteorology Science & Applications
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
15
Direct broadcast capabilities for polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
16
Algorithm Development II
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
J16.1
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)
Poster Session
1
Poster Session
2
Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions II (Wed)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Poster 791 has been moved. New paper number is J4.2A.
Poster 794 has moved. New paper number is J4.6A.
Poster 808 has been moved. New paper number is 11.3A.
Poster 811 has moved. New paper number is 9.2A.
Poster 812 has been moved. New paper number is 5.1A.
Poster Session
2
Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 2 (Wed)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
poster session for Atmospheric Convection and TropoChem sessions
Poster 750 has been moved. New paper number is 8.1A.
Joint Poster Session
2
Joint Satellite Program Poster Session II
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Organizer:
Cochairs:
607
Poster Session
2
Observing Systems, Algorithms for Assimilating Observations, Impact of Assimilating Observations
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Poster Session
2
Poster Session - Part II
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Wednesday and Thursday Poster Session for EIPT Conference focusing on topics covered during the last two days of sessions.
Poster Session
2
Posters related to:
- sudden stratospheric warmings
- stratosphere-troposphere coupling
- middle atmospheric dynamics
- reanalyses / data assimilation
- ozone
Poster Session
3
Poster Session
4
Computational and Data Advances: Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Poster 515 will now be presented as paper 9.2A
Poster Session
4
Decadal-Multidecadal variability in Pacific and Atlantic basins Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Poster Session
5
Paper 550 has been moved. New paper number is 10A.3.
Poster Session
5
US and Mexico Border Region: North American Monsoon Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Poster Session
6
Poster Session
7
Poster Session
8
The Peter J. Lamb Session on Climate Variability in Precipitation Processes Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Poster Session
Coastal and marine boundary layers in the atmosphere and ocean
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Poster Session
2nd Poster Session on Research to Operations
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Poster Session
Air-sea flux measurements, estimation, and parameterization
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Poster Session
Poster 720 has been moved. New paper number is 11.5A.
Poster Session
High Performance Computing Poster Session
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Chair:
Poster 832 has been moved. New Paper number is 1.2A
Joint Poster Session
Impact of air-sea interactions on Madden-Julian Oscillations
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Joint between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Poster Session
Poster Session
Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs:
Poster Session
Poster Session
Sea surface processes, including waves, spray, bubbles, and aerosol
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Poster Session
Wednesday Poster Session
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
Poster Session
4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
4
Core Science Lecture
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Session
7
Results from the Australian SNOWY HYDROO Orographic Cloud Seeding Randomized Program
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
10A
Extreme events: Analysis of heat waves and polar air outbreaks—Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
The State of the Coastal Environment
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Moderator:
Panelists:
ASLI Business Meeting
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
11
Utility of Lightning Data for High-Impact Weather
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Session
2
Applications of Lidar to Air Quality
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
4:00 PM
Observations of Tropospheric Ozone Enhancement in Fort Collins Using the GSFC TROPOZ DIAL during DISCOVERAQ 2014 - John Sullivan
Session
4
Applications, Products, and Models that support our ability to better understand and predict weather and climate extreme events - I
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
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
4
Post-Processing and Product Generation - Part 2
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs:
4:00 PM
4.1
Session
4
Predictability
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair:
5:00 PM
4.5
Stories with Eugenia by Antonio J. Busalacchi
Joint Session
5
Impact of air-sea interactions on Madden-Julian Oscillations
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
6
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Energy-Part II
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence;
and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
)
CoChair:
Themed Joint Session
6
Growing Importance of Extremes: The Example of Drought in California and the West
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 29th Conference on Hydrology
)
Cochairs:
With the potential for more frequent and more intense extreme events in parts of the world as a consequence of climate change, there is increasing focus on science in the context of minimizing risk and vulnerability. This session will showcase the scientific advances, impacts, and lessons learned through the lens of Western drought events. Topics of interest include predictability of US drought on multiple scales, climate change attribution of drought, lessons gleaned from the applied science community, planning and processes for drought, and cascading impacts of drought on both the ecological and urban environments. Papers addressing social and economic impacts are particularly encouraged. Note that papers do not have to directly relate to Western US drought, but can also discuss impacts and response to other extreme events in other parts of the US and the world from which transferable lessons might be shared.
4:00 PM
TJ6.1
Session
7
Aerosol impacts on cirrus clouds
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Joint Session
7
MJO Prediction and Impacts
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy;
and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
)
Cochairs:
Session
7
University Education Initiatives II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
A continuation of the University Education Initiatives I session
4:45 PM
7.4
Session
8
Tropospheric Chemistry and Chemical Transport Modeling
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
9
Computational and Data Advances: Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling I
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
The theme of this session is precipitation measurement/estimation techniques, and 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.
4:15 PM
9.2A
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.
Session
9
Weather Warning Delivery: Reaching Everyone As Soon as Possible
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
10B
Interannual variability: Inter-basin links; internally-generated vs. externally-forced basin variability; ocean-atmosphere structure and mechanisms in observations and climate simulations; progress prospects of monthly-to-seasonal prediction-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
11
Convective Weather
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
4:30 PM
11.3
4:45 PM
11.4
Session
11
Field Experiments II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
11
RADAR - WSR-88D Program and Operational Radar Experiences
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:45 PM
11.4
Session
11
Stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Joint Session
17
Aquarius Mission--Modeling and Analysis of Satellite-based Salinity Data
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
18
Calibration and Validation I
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Cochairs:
5:00 PM
J18.5
4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Panel Discussion
1
Orographic Precipitation Panel Discussion
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Moderator:
Panelists:
Session
5
CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change - Part 2
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
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-8:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Annual ASLI Dinner
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
8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
9
High Density Weather Observing Networks Utilized in Wind/Solar Electric Generation
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
4
Vendor Updates
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
8:45 AM
Springer Update - Ron Doering
9:00 AM
4.1
Collections Question Roundup
Session
8
Hydroscopic Seeding of Convective Clouds I
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
1
Conversion of Code to Take Full Advantage of Phi or Gpgpu Capabilities I
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs:
Session
1
Monsoon Variability, Rainfall Distribution
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs:
Papers dealing on Rainfall distribution, impacts and Mitigation and monoon variability
Joint Session
4
Space-Based Lidar Developments for Global Weather and Climate Information
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
Joint Session
4
Space-Based Lidar Developments for Global Weather and Climate Information
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
5
Modeling and Data Assimilation Techniques
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
6
Extreme Heat and Public Health I – Environmental factors
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Extreme heat's impact on physical, mental, or emotional health of communities and tools which can improve future resilience or policy
Themed Joint Session
7
The Observations Gap: Approaches to filling observation gaps at higher space and time scales as neededfor next-generation forecasting and monitoring
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS);
the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data;
the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
Session
8
Impacts of aerosol-cloud interactions on radiation I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
CoChair:
Session
9
Impacts of Oil and Gas Development on Local and Regional Air Chemistry
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
10
Building WRN Resilience through Science and Improved Decision Support Services for Climate and in the Arctic
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
9:30 AM
Discussion
Session
10
Computational and Data Advances: Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
11
Air-sea interaction at high latitudes
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Session
11
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Drought analysis and prediction I
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
This session invites papers that focus on scientific and operational, practical issues related to predicting and defining drought and reducing drought impacts. Topics of interest include the formulation and use of drought indices and definitions, and the characterization of drought impacts across the diverse climates of North America and the world. In particular, we welcome presentations spanning a range from drought analysis and prediction to management activities for high-impact drought events, on statewide to continental scales, and including applications such as drought early warning systems. Policy responses for managing drought are also of interest.
Session
11A
Advances in climate modeling and prediction-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
12
Ensemble Modeling/Climate Change
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
8:45 AM
12.2
9:00 AM
12.3
9:30 AM
12.5
Session
12
Middle atmosphere dynamics / stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
12A
Crowdsourcing Data and Data Portals - Part I
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
9:00 AM
12A.3
Session
12B
Software Engineering
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
19
Factors influencing the design and operation of satellites and satellite instrumentation for observing the atmosphere, oceans, and the Earth
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Cochairs:
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
11B
Subseasonal variability: Spatiotemporal structure in the troposphere (and stratosphere); link with teleconnection patterns and MJO; dynamical and thermodynamic mechanisms; hydroclimate impacts; potential predictability; representation in climate simulations-Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
3
Emerging Services within the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Chair:
9:15 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
10
New Technologies for the Production of Renewable Energy
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
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)
Poster Session
1
Air Sea Interaction, Monsoon Predictability, Monsoon Dynamics, Monsoon Variability and Rainfall Distribution
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Poster presentations
Poster Session
6
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Drought analysis and prediction Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Poster Session
9
Advances in climate modeling and prediction Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Poster 583 has been moved. New paper number is 12A.2A.
Poster 588 has been moved. New paper number is 9B.3A.
Poster Session
10
General Topics in Climate Variability and Change
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
2
Conversion of Code to Take Full Advantage of Phi or Gpgpu Capabilities II
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs:
Session
2
Monsoon Dynamics
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs:
Papers dealing in Monsoon Dynamics
Session
3
Lidar Applications to Climate and Weather: Water Vapor Lidar
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
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
)
Joint Session
4
Data Stewardship: Ensuring the Value of Data from Real-Time to Posterity
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
)
Cochairs:
Session
6
Applications, Products, and Models that Support our Ability to Better Understand and Predict Weather and Climate Extreme Events — II
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
7
Extreme Heat and Public Health II – Exposure, sensitivity and communication
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Session
9
Hygroscopic Seeding of Convective Clouds II
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
Session
9
Impacts of aerosol-cloud interactions on radiation II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
11
Building WRN through Forecast Fundamentals (Observing Systems & Training)
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
11.3
11:45 AM
Discussion
Session
11
Climate Data and Modeling Applied to Long-Term Renewable Energy Resource Development
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Session
12
Coastal and marine boundary layers in the atmosphere and ocean
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs:
Session
12
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Drought analysis and prediction II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
12A
Advances in climate modeling and prediction-Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
12A
Assimilation of observational and remote sensing data for enhancing meteorological model in the coastal areas
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs:
Session
12B
Regional climate variability and change: Detection and attribution of temperature and precipitation variations: Role of greenhouse gases, anthropogenic aerosols, and multidecadal natural variability; high-resolution regional climate projections-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
12B
Data Assimilation: New Methodologies II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
13
Decision Support Tools - Part III
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
CoChair:
11:30 AM
13.3
11:45 AM
13.4
Session
13
Middle atmosphere dynamics, Reanalysis systems, Data assimilation
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
13B
Crowdsourcing Data and Data Portals- Part II
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Split session into two to accomodate Radar change
11:00 AM
13B.1
Joint Session
20
Development of innovative methods of processing, combining, assimilating and analyzing the observations from satellites, and the development of applications such as those related to energy security, and land and ocean remote sensing applications (e.g., soil moisture, ocean color).
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
21
NOAA Satellite Data Operations
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
)
Cochairs:
Session to discuss current future satellite data operational capabilities.
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Lunch Break
Birds of a Feather Lunch
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Springer Lunch and Learn is cancelled. Instead, please join us for a “” Lunch. Depending on interests, we’ll offer topics for small groups to discuss over lunches at nearby venues. Flock to the group of your choice, or perhaps we’ll migrate together.
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Town Hall Meeting: Future of the Weather Enterprise
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
To advance the dialogue on the collaboration of private, public, and adademic elements of the weather enterprise for the future, panelists will discuss weather services infrastructure, trends, and innovations as a wrap-up to the Annual Meeting Theme of "Fullilling the Vision of Weather, Water, Climate Information for Every Need, Time, and Place" in collaboration with the AMS Commission ont he Weather and Climate Enterprise.
12:15 PM
Overview - Jim Abraham
12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
5
Meteorology and Physics: Shared History, Common Future
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Cochairs:
This session will feature common ground these two archivists find in their interwoven disciplines: past, present and future.
1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
4
Lidar Applications to Climate: Observations of Arctic and Mixed Phase Clouds
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
1A
Display and use of satellite data for both research and operational purposes, including weather, ocean, and climate monitoring and forecasting
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs:
Paper 1A.2 has moved. New paper number is 211A
Paper 1A.5 has moved. New paper number is 1A.1A
Session
1B
Satellite Climate Data Records and Applications I
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs:
Session
3
Monsoon Predictability-I
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs:
Session
3
Optimizing Codes for HPC Improvement
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs:
Session
7
Testbeds and Proving Grounds
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
10
Aerosol sources and impacts on clouds and climate
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
10
Sources, Transport, Deposition, and Impacts of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
12
Building a WRN through Partnerships
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Session
13
Air-sea flux measurements, estimation, and parameterization
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Session
13A
Advances in climate modeling and prediction-Part III
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
13A
Data Assimilation: Aircraft and Ground-Based Data
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
13B
Observing Systems: In Situ and Remote
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
1:45 PM
13B.2
Session
13B
Subseasonal variability: Spatiotemporal structure in the troposphere (and stratosphere); link with teleconnection patterns and MJO; dynamical and thermodynamic mechanisms; hydroclimate impacts; potential predictability; representation in climate simulations-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Session
14
Icing/winter weather
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Session
14
Middle atmosphere dynamics
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
1:45 PM
14.2A
Session
14A
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
2:45 PM
14A.6
Session
14B
Mapping and GIS for Weather and Climate
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
6
Beyond Books and Journals: Changes in the Sources of Atmospheric Information
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair:
2:15 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
5
Automated Operational Lidars and Lidar Networks I
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Registration Closes
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Coffee Break
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
6
Automated Operational Lidars and Lidar Networks II
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
Session
7
Moving Forward in Our Spaces and Services
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair:
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
2
Satellite Climate Data Records and Applications II
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs:
Session
4
Monsoon Predictability-II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs:
Papers dealing with monsoon prediction
Session
4
Visualization/Access of Large Data Volumes
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs:
As dataset sizes increase, and petascale computational systems are becoming more common, moving large data sets between computational resources and separate analysis sites has become problematical. This session will examine examine approaches to access, postprocess and visualize large data sets remotely, and discuss methods to move large data sets efficiently, if need be.
4:45 PM
4.6
Session
8
Local and Regional Weather Research and Prediction
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
11
Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN)
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
11
Sources, Transport, Deposition, and Impacts of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Session
14
Data Assimilation: Satellite Algorithms
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
14
Regional climate variability and change: Detection and attribution of temperature and precipitation variations: Role of greenhouse gases, anthropogenic aerosols, and multidecadal natural variability; high-resolution regional climate projections-Part III
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
4:45 PM
14.6
Session
15
Ozone
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair:
Session
15A
Communication Technologies for Accessing and Distributing Climate, Weather and Hydrological Data
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
15B
Visualization Techniques for Climatology and Meteorology
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
22
Calibration and Validation II
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
)
Cochairs:
3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Session
14
Sea surface processes, including waves, spray, bubbles, and aerosol
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair:
4:15 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
Closing Remarks
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015
AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns