11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Program Chairs: Kathleen Sherman-Morris , Mississippi State Univ. ; Olga Wilhelmi , NCAR

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Sunday, 10 January 2016

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 10 January 2016


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 10 January 2016


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 10 January 2016


Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Monday, 11 January 2016

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 11 January 2016

Recording files available
Plenary Session 1
2016 Presidential Forum: Serving Society in Times of Crisis: Past, Present and Future
Location: La Nouvelle B-C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Moderator: Maureen McCann, News 13
Panelists: Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard (ret), Executive Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton; Kerry Emanuel, MIT; Shirley Laska, University of New Orleans; Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV/Former NOAA/National Hurricane Center Director
9:00 AM
Presidential Forum on Serving Society in Times of Crisis: Past, Present and Future
9:05 AM
Opening Remarks (by AMS President Alexander E. “Sandy” MacDonald)

9:15 AM
Introduction of Moderator McCann (MacDonald)

9:16 AM
Introduction of Speakers (McCann)

9:20 AM
Opening Remarks of Speakers

10:05 AM
Q&A

10:30 AM
Concluding Remarks

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Coffee Break
Location: La Nouvelle Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016

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Themed Joint Session 1
Improving Communication of Threats to the Public
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology )
Cochairs: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University; Maureen McCann, News 13; Rob Eicher, WHDH
11:00 AM
TJ1.1
Designing an Arrival of TS Force Winds Graphic: An Interactive Session
Betty Hearn Morrow, SocResearch Miami and ERG, Miami, FL; and R. Berg
11:30 AM
TJ1.3
Evolution of Storm Prediction Center Communication in the Social Media Era
Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and S. A. Erickson, R. S. Schneider, W. F. Bunting, J. Correia Jr., S. A. Jasko, K. E. Klockow, K. Pirtle, G. W. Carbin, J. T. Ferree, C. M. Mead, and J. Liang
11:45 AM
Discussion

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016

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Session 1
Communicating Weather and Climate Information, Risks and Uncertainty: Research and Applications
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Renee McPherson, University of Oklahoma
2:00 PM
1.3
2:15 PM
1.4
Communicating Geographic Information in Severe Weather Warnings
Matthew J. Taraldsen, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/WDTD, Norman, OK; and D. Morris and G. M. Schoor

Panel Discussion 1
Snapshot of the Federal Policy Landscape
Location: Room 335/336 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator: Yael Seid-Green, American Meteorological Society
Panelists: Shalini Mohleji, NOAA; Roger Wakimoto, NSF; Laurie Chong, AMS Congressional Science Fellow
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Lecture 1
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Poster Session 1
Poster Session: Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
387
Multiple-Vehicle (Chain-Reaction) Accidents and Radar Signatures
David A. Call, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and C. M. Wilson and K. N. Shourd

Poster 389 has been moved. New paper number 6.6A

389A
Enhancing National Climate Services for Malaria Control in Eastern Africa
Aisha Sekelaga Muhammad, International Research Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, New York, NY; and M. Thomson, A. Woyessa, T. Dinku, D. Korecha, R. Cousin, A. G. Barnston, and B. Lyon

390
Information and Trust During Hurricane Ike
Robert Prestley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and E. Berger

395
Modeling Analysis of Emission Sources for Ozone Concentration over El Paso, TX
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. M. Fitzgerald and W. R. Stockwell

Poster 396 titled: A Labor Market Analysis of the Electricity Sector for 2030 using the National Energy with Weather System Simulator. L. M. Terry, NOAA/Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; C. T. Clack, M. Marquis, P. D. Picciano, and J. Paine (Full Abstract details and text can be found under J6.4A)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016

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Session 2
Katrina +10: Reflecting on Hurricane Katrina and Planning Ahead for Future Weather and Climate Extremes
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR
4:30 PM
2.3
Preparing for the Storm: A New Community Resilience Planning Guide
Therese P. McAllister, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and S. A. Cauffman and E. D. Kuligowski
4:45 PM
2.4

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016

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Panel Discussion 2
Building a Consistent Message: Establishing Ground Rules for the Weather Enterprise
Location: Room 335/336 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderators: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania
Panelists: Dexter Accardo, St Tammany Parish; Joshua D. Eachus, WBRZ; Angela M. Fritz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gina M. Eosco, Eastern Reseach Group; J. T. Johnson, Weather Decision Technologies; Bryan Norcross, The Weather Channel; Richard Smith, NOAA/NWSFO
4:00 PM
PD2.1
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 7
Research to Operations: Transitioning from Science to Service
Location: Room 355 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology )
Cochairs: John J. Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS; Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP
4:00 PM
TJ7.1
4:15 PM
TJ7.2
Global Model Test Bed: Fostering Community Involvement in NOAA's Next-Generation Global Prediction System
Ligia R. Bernardet, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. Nance and B. Kuo
4:30 PM
TJ7.3
The Multiple-Radar / Multiple-Sensor Products: The First Year of NWS Operations
Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield, J. G. LaDue, R. A. Prentice, S. B. Cocks, S. M. Martinaitis, T. C. Meyer, A. V. Bates, J. D. Hardy, C. S. Spannagle, M. J. Taraldsen, and A. C. Wood
4:45 PM
TJ7.4
From CRREL to the 557th Weather Wing: Snow Assessments in Remote, Austere Watersheds
Steven F. Daly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and T. A. Lewiston, E. Deeb, E. Ochs, B. F. Morriss, C. Vuyovich, S. Newman, and J. B. Eylander

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Exhibits Opening Reception, Ribbon Cutting, and Corporate Recognition
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

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Joint Session 3
Integrative Approaches to Understanding Extreme Temperature Risk I
Location: Room 228/229 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: Kim Knowlton, Natural Resources Defense Council
8:45 AM
J3.2
Are Bounce Houses too Hot?
J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. Grundstein and J. A. Knox
9:00 AM
J3.3
Indoor Heat Exposure: Links to Weather and Housing Characteristics
Darryn W. Waugh, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and M. McCormack, A. A. Scott, B. F. Zaitchik, Z. He, and R. Peng
9:15 AM
J3.4
Adaptation Measures to Extreme Heat Events and their Effects on Sleep Quality and Health Among Senior Residents of Affordable Housing
Augusta Williams, Harvard University, Boston, MA; and A. K. Hard, S. Flanigan, A. Hem, J. D. Spengler, and J. G. Cedeno-Laurent
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Session 3
Risk Perception and Communication
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania
8:30 AM
3.1A
Effective Messaging for Public Tsunami Warnings: Clarity, Specificity, and Sensemaking
Jeannette Sutton, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and M. M. Wood and C. W. Woods

9:30 AM
3.5
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Tornado Watch Scale Using Uncertainty
Jason C. Senkbeil, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and L. Myers and J. B. Mason

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Integrating Social Science Methods into Decision Support Tools to Enhance Community Resilience
Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS
11:45 AM
J1.4
The Sustainability Challenge — Developing More Resilient Electrical Infrastructure Systems
James Belanger, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and V. M. Thomas
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Integrative Approaches to Understanding Extreme Temperature Risk II
Location: Room 228/229 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: Andrew Monaghan, NCAR
11:00 AM
J4.1
Impact of Heat Index on Emergency Department Admissions in the Northeast
Rebecca Lincoln, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Augusta, ME; and D. Holt, K. Bush, J. Gold, M. Eliot, and G. Wellenius
11:30 AM
J4.3
Assessing the Need for Regional Heat Safety Guidelines in Athletics
Andrew Grundstein, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Y. Hosokawa and D. Casa
Recording files available
Session 4
Weather Warnings and Responses
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
Paper 4.1 will now be 4.3A

Paper 4.3 will now be 4.1A

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

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Lecture 2
Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture
Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

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Joint Panel Discussion 1
The NOAA Big Data-CRADAs. An Update and a Look at the Opportunities They Pose for the AMS Community and Its Members
Location: Room 342 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 14th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Moderator: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, UCAR
Panelists: William Gail, Global Weather Corp.; Amy Gaskins, NOAA Big Data Project Senior Consultant; George Percivall, Open Geospatial Consortium; Leanne Haselden, IBM; Valliappa Lakshmanan, Climate Corporation; Maria Patterson, Open Science Data Cloud
1:30 PM
William Gail
3:00 PM
Amy Gaskins
4:30 PM
George Percivall
6:00 PM
Leanne Haselden
7:30 PM
Valliappa Lakshmanan
9:00 PM
Maria Patterson
10:30 PM
JPD1.1
Panel Discussion

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 2
Local Voices: Louisiana Bayou Tribes Discuss Living with Climate Challenges
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Special Symposium on Hurricane Katrina: Progress in Leveraging Science, Enhancing Response and Improving Resilience )
Moderators: Heather Lazrus, NCAR; Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
Panelists: Chief Albert Naquin, Chief of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians; Theresa Dardar, Member of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe; Rosina Philippe, Member of the Grand Bayou Village Indian Tribe; Kristina Peterson, Facilitator for the Lowlander Center; Julie Maldonado, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network/Univ. of California; Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy
1:30 PM
PD2.1
Local Voices: Louisiana Bayou Tribes Discuss Living with Climate Challenges
Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Lazrus
Recording files available
Joint Session 9
Integrative Approaches to Understanding Extreme Temperature Risk III
Location: Room 228/229 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: Mary H. Hayden, NCAR/RAL
1:30 PM
J9.1
Spatial Delineation of the Temperature-mortality Relationship During Extreme Hot Weather: a Case Study in Greater Vancouver, Canada
Hung Chak Ho, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; and S. B. Henderson, A. Knudby, and B. B. Walker
1:45 PM
J9.2
Where to Wear iButtons: Individual Level Temperature and Humidity Observations for Public Health Surveillance
Justin S. Dumas, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jagger and K. W. Kintziger
2:15 PM
J9.4
Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy?
Tanja Wolf, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and W. C. Chuang and G. R. McGregor
2:30 PM
J9.5
A Comparison of Heat Indices for Quantifying Heat-Health Risk
Daniel J. Vecellio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. M. Quiring, J. K. Vanos, and A. Garza

2:45 PM
J9.6
Exploring the Meteorological Origins of Winter Mortality in England Using Back Trajectory Analysis
Glenn Russell McGregor, Univ. of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom; and K. Dimitriou, P. Kassomenos, and A. Paschalidou
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 13
Helping Society Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Variability and Change Part I
Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Chair: Nancy J. Selover, Arizona State University
1:30 PM
TJ13.1
Expanding the Scope and User Community of NOAA's Climate Data Records (CDRs)
Daniel Wunder, Global Science & Technology Inc., Asheville, NC; and W. J. Glance and X. Zhao
2:00 PM
TJ13.3
Transient Climate Sensitivity of Simple Climate Models
Adria Schwarber, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Smith and C. Hartin

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Hall D ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

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Session 5
Climate Risks Communication Strategies
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR
3:30 PM
5.1
Using Visualization Science to Evaluate Effective Communication of Climate Indicators
Melissa A. Kenney, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Gerst, J. F. Wolfinger, A. Lloyd, and I. Feygina
5:00 PM
5.7
Keeping it Off the Loading Dock: Climate Adaptation Engagement with the Department of Defense
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. Sagarin (deceased), D. Falk, A. Haworth, K. Jacobs, C. O'Connor, J. Overpeck, J. Weiss, and A. Zuniga-Teran

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

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Themed Joint Session 14
Helping Society Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Variability and Change Part II
Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Chair: Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
3:30 PM
TJ14.1
Advances in Local Adaptation to Climate Change
Joel B. Smith, Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, CO; and J. Vogel, K. Carney, C. Herrick, M. O'Grady, H. Hosterman, A. St. Juliana, and M. Stults
3:45 PM
TJ14.2
Estimating the Impact of Quality Education on Individual Lifetime Carbon Emissions
Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and D. C. Centeno
4:15 PM
TJ14.4
Green and Cool Roofs to Mitigate Urban Heating: An Analysis with a Regional Climate Model
Ashish Sharma, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and P. Conry, H. J. S. Fernando, A. F. Hamlet, J. Hellmann, and F. Chen
4:30 PM
TJ14.5
Can Solar Shade Structures Significantly Reduce Interior Automobile Temperatures?
Nancy J. Selover, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and A. Middel, N. Chhetri, B. Mackowski, and C. J. Sisodiya
4:45 PM
TJ14.6
Increasing the Capacity for Municipal Climate Adaptation Planning in the Missouri River Basin
Natalie A. Umphlett, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Shulski

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016

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Joint Session 15
Water: Too Much, too Little. How Climate Information Supports Community Preparedness, Part I
Location: Room 335/336 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA; Stephanie Herring, NOAA
8:45 AM
J15.2
State Management Impacts from Hydroclimatic Extremes in Texas and Oklahoma, 2011-2015
David P. Brown, NOAA, Fort Worth, TX; and C. Black, B. Hoeth, M. A. Shafer, and V. W. Murphy
9:15 AM
J15.4
Decision-Centric Adaptation Appraisal for Water Management Across Colorado's Continental Divide
Kathleen A. Miller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. N. Yates, R. L. Wilby, and L. Kaatz
9:30 AM
J15.5
Hydrologic Information for Tracking Water Availability in Africa and the Middle East
Amy McNally, ESSIC/UMD at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Getirana, K. R. Arsenault, and C. Peters-Lidard

9:45 AM
J15.6
Impact of Non-stationary Climate Conditions on Extreme Precipitation Frequency Estimates Needed for Engineering Design
Sanja Perica, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. St. Laurent, S. Pavlovic, C. Trypaluk, D. Unruh, and O. Wilhite

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016

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Session 6
Communicating Coastal Risk
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University
Paper 6.3 has been moved. New paper number 3.1A

9:00 AM
6.3A
User Interpretation of Hurricane Forecast Graphics
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and K. Antonelli
9:15 AM
6.4
Towards More Actionable Tropical Storm Warnings, Google Public Alerts
Pete Giencke, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA; and N. Savio, P. Patel, and S. Hakusa
9:30 AM
6.5
Experimental Testing of Evacuation Messages in Sandy-affected Areas
Cara L. Cuite, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker, D. A. Robinson, W. K. Hallman, K. M. O'Neill, R. E. Morss, and J. L. Demuth
9:45 AM
6.6A
Twitter During Sandy: Data Analysis and Insights For Future Events
John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and B. Mazanec and E. M. Sullivan
Paper 6.6 has been moved. New paper number 6.3A

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Hall D ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 3
Making Climate Information Available to Decision Makers: Challenges, Risks, and Uncertainty
Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies )
Moderators: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ.
Panelists: Mari Tye, NCAR; Christopher Little, AER; Marjorie McGuirk, CASE Consultants International, LLC
10:30 AM
Marjorie McGuirk
10:30 AM
Christopher Little
10:30 AM
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Joint Session 5
Impacts and Adaptation: Communicating and Translating New Interdisciplinary Knowledge into Actionable Information and Tools
Location: Room 343 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Peter Lamb Symposium; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: M. Issa LeLe, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
10:45 AM
J5.2
Towards a Forecast Based Financing Framework to Trigger Humanitarian Action Before Floods
Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Columbia University / Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Palisades, NY; and H. Cen, B. Moneymaker, J. Lessel, A. Sweeney, E. Coughlan de Perez, P. Ceccato, R. Kufandiko, J. Moyo, and N. Heita
11:00 AM
J5.3
Hydrological Modeling and Capacity Building in the Republic of Namibia
Race Clark III, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. L. Flamig and Y. Hong
11:15 AM
J5.4
11:45 AM
J5.6
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Session 7
Strategies, Tactics, and Opportunities for Operationalizing Multi-Disciplinary Expertise in Wx and Natural Hazard Context
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania
10:45 AM
7.2
Probabilistic Forecasting: From Scientific Understanding to Societal Use
Zoltan Toth, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and R. Krzysztofowicz, M. S. Antolik, M. Pena, and B. J. Etherton
11:15 AM
7.4
11:30 AM
7.5
Ways of Knowing: The Matter of Methodology and Cross Discipline Collaboration
Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and J. Correia Jr.
Recording files available
Joint Session 22
Water: Too Much, too Little. How Climate Information Supports Community Preparedness, Part II
Location: Room 242 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Stephanie Herring, NOAA; Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA
10:30 AM
J22.1
11:00 AM
J22.3
The Russian River, Preparing for Too Much and Too Little
Julie F. Kalansky, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and F. M. Ralph, J. Jasperse, M. Dettinger, L. E. Flint, D. Cayan, and A. Flint
11:15 AM
Panel Discussion

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016

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Lecture 3
Horton Lecture
Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the Fifth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; the 13th Conference on Space Weather; the 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 30th Conference on Hydrology; the Special Sessions on US-International Partnerships; the 25th Symposium on Education; the 14th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Fourth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Fourth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA); the Peter Lamb Symposium; the 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 18th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 14th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Events; the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 14th History Symposium; the Eighth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions; and the Special Symposium on Seamless Weather and Climate Prediction—Expectations and Limits of Multi-scale Predictability )
1:30 PM
L3.1
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Session 8
Weather and Climate Literacy and Citizen Science
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Mark Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey; Henry Reges, Colorado State University
Paper 8.1 will now be 8.2A

Paper 8.2 will now be 8.1A

1:45 PM
8.2A
Assessing the Usefulness of Citizen Science Information in Drought-Related Decision Making
Kirsten Lackstrom, Carolinas Integrated Sciences & Assessments, Columbia, SC; and A. Brennan and K. Dow
2:00 PM
8.3
Assessment of Climate Literacy within a Massive Open Online Course based on Information Disseminated by Mass Media
Zachary Handlos, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and M. Mooney, S. Ackerman, and D. Brossard
2:15 PM
8.4
Applying the Concept of Weather Salience to a Specific User Community: General Aviation Pilots
Jennifer E. Thropp, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and J. M. Lanicci, J. K. Cruit, T. A. Guinn, and E. L. Blickensderfer

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Joint Poster Session 8
Water: Too Much, too Little. How Climate Information Supports Community Preparedness
Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA; Stephanie Herring, NOAA
591
Assessing the Impacts of Historic and Pre-Historic Droughts on a Modern-Day Reservoir System Serving Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Andrew W. Ellis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and K. W. Murphy

594
Climate Forecast-Aided Drought Decision Support for North Central Texas
Sunghee Kim, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Seo, H. Sadeghi, A. Philpott, F. Bell, J. Brown, A. Winguth, N. Fang, L. Blaylock, and G. Clingenpeel

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Recording files available
Session 9
Weather and Climate Hazards Impacts and Vulnerability Research
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR
4:45 PM
9.4
Castles in the Air: Mitigating the Health Impacts of Weather-Related Bounce House Accidents
John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. E. Gill, C. A. Williams, L. V. Boggs, E. Schumacher, K. Arney, N. Bagley, I. Boatman, J. Croft, J. Printup, J. Rackley, C. Scarborough, J. White, and D. J. Novlan
5:00 PM
9.5
Assessing and Communicating Risk: A Study of Flood Risk Awareness and Resilience in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Alex Nongard, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Jones and T. Lovell
5:15 PM
9.6
Projecting the Burden of Injury Related to Tropical Cyclone Impacts in Florida, 2020-2040
Kristina W. Kintziger, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL; and J. S. Dumas and M. A. Jagger

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall D ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 January 2016


96th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: Great Hall ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Thursday, 14 January 2016

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 14 January 2016

Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Economic Impacts and Value of Improved Forecast Information
Location: Room 355 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: Randall Bass, FAA
9:15 AM
J6.4A
A Labor Market Analysis of the Electricity Sector for 2030 using the National Energy with Weather System Simulator
Leigh M. Terry, NOAA/University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and C. T. Clack, M. Marquis, P. D. Picciano, and J. Paine
9:30 AM
J6.5
The Value of a TAF — Aviation Forecasting Cost Impacts
Rick Curtis, Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX; and A. Krull, E. Fenelon, K. Fryar, E. A. Wildgrube, and M. Muehlman
Recording files available
Session 10
Water Resources Information Services
Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Arleen O'Donnell, Eastern Research Group
Paper 10.1 has been merged into 10.2

8:45 AM
Panel Discussion

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 14 January 2016


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 14 January 2016


AMS 96th Annual Meeting Adjourns