16th History Symposium

Program Chair: Lourdes Avilés , Plymouth State University

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Sunday, 7 January 2018

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12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall 1 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Plenary Session 1
18th Presidential Forum: Transforming Communication in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise—Focusing on Challenges Facing Our Sciences
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
4:00 PM
PL1.1
Transforming Communication in the Environmental Sciences: Some Thoughts from a Reluctant Participant (Invited Presentation)
Richard B. Alley, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Monday, 8 January 2018

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8:30 AM-8:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Plenary Session 2
Welcoming Address
Location: Austin, Texas

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 1
Historical Weather and Climate Events, Forecasting, and Public Communication and Impacts—Part I
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
8:45 AM
1.1
An Unintended Case Study of the Side Effects of Sharing Historical Research with the General Public and Others: An 80th Anniversary Update to the Story of the Great New England Hurricane of 1938
Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.2
Modern Analysis of Precipitation Patterns Associated with the Great New England Hurricane
Lauren Carter, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH
Recorded Presentation

1.3
The Origin of the "Fujiwhara Effect": The Typhoons that Postponed the End of World War II

9:30 AM
1.4
Record High Plains Snow Events often after April 1
Richard Berler, KGNS TV, Laredo, TX
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
1.5
A Preliminary Study of Meteorological Drought Influences to Social Events over the Maritime Continent during the Last Millennium
Sandy Hardian Susanto Herho, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia; and M. R. Syahputra and R. Suwarman
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (4.8 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 2
Historical Weather and Climate Events, Forecasting, and Public Communication and Impacts—Part II
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
10:30 AM
2.1
Verifying the John P. Finley 19th Century Historical Tornado Database
Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWSFO, Riverton, WY
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (139.5 kB)

10:45 AM
2.2
Lessons We Must Learn—Deadly Tornadoes in Central Texas
Lon Curtis, Private Meteorologist, Round Rock, TX
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (531.1 kB)

11:00 AM
2.3
Weather on the Flip Side: Looking back at One of the Weather Bureau’s Early PR Efforts
Sean Potter, Weatherwise Magazine, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2.4
Congress and Meteorologists: Miscommunicating about Weather Control in the Early Cold War
Kristine C. Harper, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.5
Significant Eras in the Development of Operational Long-Range Weather Prediction
Robert William Reeves, NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Lunch Break

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Lecture 1
2018 Haurwitz Lecture
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Cochairs: Ángel F. Adames, GFDL; Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ.
2:00 PM
L1.1
Some Observations of Normal Modes in the Atmosphere (Invited Presentation)
George N. Kiladis, ESRL, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM-3:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 3
History of Observations and Measurements
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
2:00 PM
3.1
25 Years of NOAA-Supported Climate Field Experiments
Kenneth Mooney, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Higgins, J. Huang, S. Lucas, J. Todd, and M. Patterson
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
3.2
The International Indian Ocean Expedition—An Indian Perspective
Joy Merwin Monteiro, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.3
History of Satellite Observations of East Pacific Atmospheric Rivers
Thomas Vonder Haar, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe and C. J. Seaman
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.4
The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite
Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
3.5
Historical Developments in the Symbiotic Relationship between Photography and Lightning Research
Terrence R. Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 4
Notable Women and Minority Figures in Atmospheric Science
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
4.1
Taking Forecasting by Storm: The Archie Williams Story

3:45 PM
4.2
From Clouds to Waves: Joanne Simpson’s Feminist Fight in Meteorology
Carol A. Lipshultz, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
4.3
Clouds, Hurricanes, and the Tropical Atmosphere: What We Are Learning about the Life and Work of Joanne Gerould/Starr/Malkus/Simpson
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, ME

4:15 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Exhibits Opening and Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Ryan Symposium Reception
Location: The Reverbery at the Hilton (Austin, Texas)
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