Program Chairs:
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates paper is an Award WinnerMonday, 23 January 2017
10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Coffee Break (6th Floor Foyer)
Location: Washington State Convention Center
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
1
How We Got Here: The Movement to Blend Myriad Human-based Academic Traditions into the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: 615 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Moderators:
Panelists:
11:30 AM
Panelist
11:45 AM
Panelist
Session
1
Uses of Earth Observations and Geospatial Information to Support Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Joint Session
2
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part I
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Lecture
1
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 31st Conference on Hydrology;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
the 26th Symposium on Education;
the 21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface;
the 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 14th Conference on Space Weather;
the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the Major Weather Impacts of 2016;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions;
the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy;
the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Seventh Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python;
the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise;
the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the Second Symposium on US-International Partnerships;
and the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment
)
Speaker:
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Panel Discussion
1
A Snapshot of the Federal Policy Process
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator:
Panelists:
Panelist
Panelist
Panelist
Panelist
Joint Session
1
Environmentally-mediated Health Issues Related to Climate Change and Extreme Weather: Emerging Links and Opportunities for Adaptation and Research
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 5 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Chair:
2
Observations of Forecasting
Location: 615 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
Joint Session
4
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part II
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Themed Joint Poster Session
1
Summaries of Research Findings from Across the Many Academic Traditions That Contribute to Observation-based Knowledge of Human Dimensions of Weather, Water, and Climate
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Themed Joint Poster Session
2
Descriptions of New and Promising Approaches for Acquiring or Analyzing Observations of Individuals, Societies, or Cultures
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Panel Discussion
2
Forecasting the Next Four Years: Priorities of the Next Administration and Congress
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderators:
Panelists:
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
3
Observations of Communication
Location: 615 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
5:00 PM
Panelist
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Making Climate Information Available to Decision Makers: Challenges, Risks, and Uncertainty
Location: Conference Center: Yakima 1 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise;
the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
4
Observations of Communities
Location: 615 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
8:30 AM
Panelist
9:30 AM
Discussant - Randy Peppler
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Session
3
Climate-Related Decision Support
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
5
Where We Go From Here: Observational Needs to Support a Thriving Weather and Climate Enterprise
Location: 615 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
)
Moderators:
Panelists:
Speaker:
10:45 AM
Panelist
11:15 AM
Panelist
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Joint Session
3
Societal and Structural Hazards of Lightning Part 1
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 1 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Chair:
Session
4
Research with NOAA Forecasters and Partners: Current Activities and Future Directions
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Poster Session
1
Poster Session: Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Poster 787 has been moved. It is now Paper 4.2A
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Session
5A
New Initiatives at NOAA in Support of Societal Resilience and Risk Communication
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Session
5B
Policy and Decision Making at the Weather, Climate and Society Interface
Location: 310 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Joint Session
6
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part III
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
11
Societal and Structural Hazards of Lightning Part 2 (Safety for events, outdoor activities, and other population groups; Protection of the built environment; Preparedness and education)
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 1 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Chair:
5:15 PM
J11.6
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Panel Discussion
3
Shades of Gray: A Panel Discussion on Ethics, Law and Uncertainty in the Weather, Water, Climate Community
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Organizer:
Panelists:
Session
6
Communicating Weather and Climate Information, Risks and Uncertainty: Research and Applications
Location: 612 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
9:00 AM
6.3
Joint Session
9
Research to Operations: Transitioning from Science to Service, Part I
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Session
5
Extreme Heat III — The National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS): Developing Networks & Communities of Practice for Building Resilience to Extreme Heat
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 5 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the Board on Global Strategies;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
Session
7A
Extreme Weather, Health and Communities
Location: 612 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Session
7B
Understanding Behavior in Extreme Weather through Research on Risk Perception and Communication
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Joint Session
12
Research to Operations: Transitioning from Science to Service, Part II
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Lecture
2
Horton Lecture
Location: 602 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International;
the Second Symposium on Multi-scale Atmospheric Predictability;
the Observation Symposium: Progress, Problems, and Prospects;
the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
the 26th Symposium on Education;
the 21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface;
the 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 14th Conference on Space Weather;
the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the Major Weather Impacts of 2016;
the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions;
the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy;
the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 31st Conference on Hydrology;
the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise;
the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Fifth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the Third Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate;
the Special Symposium on Greening the Built Environment;
and the Events
)
Organizer:
Lecturer:
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
L2.1
Joint Session
8
Extreme Heat IV — The National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS): Defining Extreme Heat & Lead times for Building Resilience to Extreme Heat
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 5 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the Board on Global Strategies;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Chair:
Session
8A
Extreme Weather, Health and Communities Part II
Location: 612 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Session
8B
Impacts of Climate Variability and Extreme Weather on Population, Economy, and Infrastructure
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Panel Discussion
2
Economic Impacts and Benefits of Weather Observations and Forecasts
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Panelists:
Cochairs:
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
Session
9A
Extreme Weather, Health and Communities Part III
Location: 612 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Session
9B
Societal Responses, Risk, and Resilience to Extreme Weather Events
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Joint Session
10
Extreme Heat V — The National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS): Decision Support & Evaluation Across Domestic and International Partnerships for Building Resilience to Extreme Heat
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 5 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment;
the Board on Global Strategies;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Chair:
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Awards Banquet Reception
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
97th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: Ballroom 6ABCE (Washington State Convention Center )
Thursday, 26 January 2017
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Session
10A
Societal Applications of Weather Information, Policy, Preparedness and Impacts
Location: 612 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Session
10B
Weather Warnings: Process, Products and Perception
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Joint Session
7
Advances in Social Science
Location: 615 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Session
11
Planning and Preparedness for Climate Variability, Extreme Events, and Climate Change
Location: 613 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Lunch Break
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Coffee Break
Location: Skybridge (Washington State Convention Center )