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Saturday, 6 January 2018
7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Registration for Short Courses and Student Conference
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)
8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Student Conference Breakfast
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
9:00 AM-10:10 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Session
1
10:10 AM-10:25 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Student Conference AM Break
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
10:25 AM-11:10 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Session
2A
Breakout Panel Session: Public Sector
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
2B
Breakout Panel Session: Media
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
2C
Breakout Panel Session: Academia and Research
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
2D
Breakout Panel Session: Private Sector
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Session
3A
Breakout Panel Session: Public Sector
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
3B
Breakout Panel Session: Media
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
3C
Breakout Panel Session: Academia and Research
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
3D
Breakout Panel Session: Private Sector
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Student Conference Luncheon
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Session
4
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
1:35 PM-3:45 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Session
5A
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5B
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
CoChair:
Speaker:
Session
5C
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5D
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5E
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5F
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5G
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5H
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5I
Conversation with Professionals
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5J
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
5K
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Speaker:
Session
6A
Graduate Student Panel (Rotations 1,2)
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Session
6B
Graduate Student Panel (Rotations 3,4,5)
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
Session
7
Graduate School Admissions Panel
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Speakers:
3:45 PM-4:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Student Conference PM Break
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
Session
8A
Integrated Warning Team I: Introduction to Emergency Management (Part 1)
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
Session
8B
Resume Workshop, Part I
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018
AMS Career Fair
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Sunday, 7 January 2018
7:00 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Scout Event
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
7:30 AM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas
Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)
8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Student Conference Breakfast
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto and Presidential Forum Speaker Richard Alley
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
9
Extreme Weather Events
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
1
Welcome and Networking with Your Peers
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs:
9:30 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Student Conference AM Break 1
9:45 AM-10:40 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
10A
Navigating Graduate School
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Session
10B
Building Professional Relationships
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
9:45 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Joint Session
1
Essential Skills for Effective Science Communication
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 17th Annual Student Conference;
and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Cochairs:
10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Joint Session
2A
Presentation Styles for All Situations
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 17th Annual Student Conference;
and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Speaker:
Joint Session
2B
The Choices One Must Make When Writing Effectively
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 17th Annual Student Conference;
and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Speaker:
Joint Session
2C
You've Got an Audience, Now Keep Your Audience!
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 17th Annual Student Conference;
and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Speaker:
10:40 AM-10:50 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Student Conference AM Break 2
10:50 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
11A
Tools of the Trade
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Session
11B
Social Media and Communication
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Student Conference AM Break 3
11:45 AM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Conference for Early Career Professionals Lunch Break (On Your Own)
12:00 PM-12:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
12
Keynote Speaker
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speaker:
12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall 1 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
12:30 PM-12:35 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
Closing Remarks and Poster Session Announcements
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
12:35 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Student Conference Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
3
Panel Discussion: Implicit Bias in the Sciences: Communication Strategies
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair:
Panelists:
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
4
Conflict Resolution In the Workplace
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair:
Facilitators:
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
5
Panel Discussion: Future State of Jobs in the Sciences
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair:
Moderator:
Panelists:
2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
13A
Integrated Warning Team II: In Their Rainboots Workshop
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
2:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Session
13B
Resume Workshop II: Resume and CV Review
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Session
13C
Broadcast Tape Swap
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs:
Panelists:
Session
13D
Writing Workshop
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Speakers:
3:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Newcomer's Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Session
6
Presidential Coffee Break and Networking with AMS Professionals
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs:
Keynote:
- Steve Root - President AWCIA
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Presidential Forum
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
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)
5:15 PM-6:15 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
98th Annual Review, New Fellows, Featured Awards and Business Meeting
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
6:15 PM-8:15 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
AMS Career Fair
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Student Conference Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Poster Session
Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols, and Air Quality
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Poster Session
Local Meteorology and Fire Weather
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Mesoscale Meteorology, Lightning, and Radar
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Observations and Instrumentation
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Social Science, Communication, and Education
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Synoptic Meteorology
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Tropical Meteorology
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Poster Session
Water, Ecosystems, and Agriculture
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows and Featured Award Winners
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
Colour of Weather Reception
Location: 408 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
American Weather and Climate Industry Association (AWCIA) and Early Career Professionals Reception
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018
CoRiolis Reception
Location: 602 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Monday, 8 January 2018
7:15 AM-8:15 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
How To Become a Better Presenter
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer:
7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas
Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)
Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Local Chapter Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
8:30 AM-8:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
8:45 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Plenary Session
Welcome
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair:
8:45 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
1
Opening Remarks and Core Science Keynote.
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
Speaker:
Session
1A
Land Surface Conditions and Atmospheric Composition
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
1
Cloud-Radiation Interactions of Absorbing Aerosols—Part I
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
1
Emerging Technologies in Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Pollution Modeling
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Joint Session
4
Soil Dust I: Lofting, Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Climate
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
1
AI Techniques Applied to Environmental Science: Part I
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
Session
1
Advances in Data Assimilation
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
1
Assessing or Mitigating Weather Observation Uncertainty
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
Session
1
BSISO and Monsoon Variability
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs:
Session
1
Better Communication through Social Media
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs:
Joint Session
1
Bob's Legacy and TV Weather History
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium;
and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
)
Chair:
Session
1
Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and beyond: Improvements in Global Models, Key Components of Global Models and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Those Improvements—Part I
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
1
Creating and Communicating Medium- to Long-Term Forecasts and Uncertainty in the Coastal Environment
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
Panel Discussion
1
Defining User Needs for Water Prediction Priority Products and Services Using Social Science
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator:
Panelists:
Session
1
Ensemble and Multimodel Forecasting — Part I: Representation of Model Uncertainty
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs:
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:
Session
1
Hope is Not a Plan: Communication for Community Resilience
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair:
Session
1
Hydrometeorological Extremes for Hydrologic Design
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
1
Innovations in Climate and Health Education
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
Cochairs:
9:45 AM
Discussion
Session
1
Major Impacts of 2017 - Drought/Wildfire
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair:
Session
1
New Projects and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Research
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Session
1
Observational Platforms for Space Weather—Part I
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
1
Transforming Communication through Co-Production of Knowledge
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Session
1
Using Alternative Presentation Formats to Inform Your Audience
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
9:30 AM
1.4
Session
1A
Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
1A
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use Now, Part I
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
1B
Decadal–Multidecadal Variability (Predictability) in the Atlantic
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
1B
Measurement and Modeling of Atmospheric Ammonia—Part I
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
10:00 AM
Evaluation of Ambient Ammonia Measurements using QC-Tildas - Ilana Pollack
Session
1B
Services Update
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
9:45 AM
Discussion
Joint Session
2
Advancing the Use of Earth Observations to Benefit Global Food Security and Agriculture
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
3
Special Session on JPSS
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
5
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part I
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats
)
Cochairs:
Session
7
Panel Discussion: Effective Resume Building
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair:
Panelists:
Facilitator:
8:45 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
1
Intercomparison and Calibration of Instruments I
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair:
Session
1
Model Physics Uncertainty
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Cochairs:
9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
1
AMS Update
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair:
9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Spouse's Coffee
Location: 602 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
2
Atmospheric Halogen Chemistry—Part I
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
Session
2
Working With Large and Complex Datasets.
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
9:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
2
MGA Update
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair:
Plenary Session
3
CMAAP and Air Pollution Meteorology Award Ceremony
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Coffee Break
10:00 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Member Services Desk
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)
10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018
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:
10:30 AM
2.1
10:45 AM
2.2
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Panel Discussion
1
Defining “Vulnerability”: When One Size Fits None
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Moderator:
Panelists:
Keynote Speaker Session
1
Opening Keynote Presentation
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Keynote:
10:30 AM
KS1.1
Program Outline and Keynote Introduction
11:15 AM
KS1.3
Keynote Q&A
Session
2
AI Techniques for Environmental Science and Extreme Weather
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
10:30 AM
2.1
10:45 AM
2.2
Session
2
Active Learning Demonstrations from the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Session
2
Advancing Forecast Capabilities for Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Decision Support
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
Session
2
Climate Change and Health
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
11:15 AM
Discussion
Session
2
Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and beyond: Improvements in Global Models, Key Components of Global Models and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Those Improvements—Part II
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
2
Current and Future Observing Systems
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Session
2
Dynamics and Physics of the MJO
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs:
Session
2
Ensemble and Multimodel Forecasting — Part II: Methods and Practice
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs:
Panel Discussion
2
Federal Agency Budgets for Weather, Water, and Climate: A Guide to Current Proposals and Recent Shifts
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator:
Panelists:
Session
2
Intercomparison and Calibration of Instruments II
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair:
Session
2
Major Weather Impacts of 2017 - Cool Season Events
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair:
Session
2
Nationwide Network of Networks
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair:
Session
2
Novel Observational Techniques for the Coastal Environment
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
Session
2
Paleoclimate Analysis and Projection
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Chair:
Session
2
Results from the Great American Solar Eclipse
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
Session
2
Specialized Applications: Emergency Response, Defense, and Air Transportation
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Session
2
The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Part I
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
Session
2
Transforming Communication through Co-Production of Knowledge II
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
10:45 AM
2.2
Session
2A
Drought Analysis and Prediction, Part I
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
2A
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use Now, Part II
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
11:45 AM
Discussion
Session
2A
Role of Water in Shaping Features of the Climate System
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
2B
Decadal–Multidecadal Variability (Predictability) in the Pacific
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
2B
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part I
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
2B
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling, Part I
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
3
Model Data Fusion
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
Session
3A
Atmospheric Halogen Chemistry—Part II
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
Session
3B
Measurement and Modeling of Atmospheric Ammonia—Part II
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Joint Session
6
Bob's Legacy Continued: Mentoring and AMS Involvement
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium;
and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
)
Chair:
J6.1
Paper J6.1 has been moved. New paper number J1.3A
Joint Session
7
Communicating the Value of Satellite Data to the Public
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
J7.4
Joint Session
8
Impacts of Aerosol–Cloud Interaction on Radiation
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
Session
8
Perspectives on Leadership for Early Career Professionals
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs:
Moderator:
Speakers:
Joint Session
9
Soil Dust II: Lofting, Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Climate
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
10
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part II
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Lunch Break
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Beyond the Status Quo: Creating a Culture of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Atmospheric Sciences and Related Fields (CANCELED)
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer:
NASA’s Earth Science Flight Program - Investments In And Planning For The Next-Generation Earth Observatories: Eric Ianson (NASA HQ)
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer:
NOAA and NASA Use of Commercial Space-based Weather and Earth Science Data
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer:
12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: The Devastating 2017 Hurricane Season: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions for the Weather Enterprise
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Presidential Town Hall Meetings
Cochairs:
Moderator:
2:00 PM-2:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
3
WAS*IS in Action
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair:
2:00 PM-2:45 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Joint Session
11
More Topics in Communication
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium;
and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
)
Chair:
J11.1
Paper J11.1 has been moved. New paper number J6.7
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Lecture
1
Session
3
Regional and Coastal Hydrodynamic Model Coupling—Part I
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
Joint Session
12
Core Science Keynotes
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
and the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
14
Direct Broadcast Capabilities for Polar-Orbiting and Geostationary Satellites and Their Use in Support of Societal Needs
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
2:00 PM-3:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
3
AI Techniques for Decision Support
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
Session
3
History of Observations and Measurements
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair:
Session
3B
Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and beyond: Improvements in Global Models, Key Components of Global Models and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Those improvements—Part III
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
13
Joint Session with the AMS Board on the Urban Environment. Part I: Urban Flow and Dispersion Processes and Modeling
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA;
and the Board on the Urban Environment
)
Chair:
2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
3
International Perspectives and Observation
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair:
2:00 PM
3.1
3:00 PM
3.3
Session
4
Data and Visualization Tools
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair:
3:00 PM
4.5
Working with Tabular Geospatial Data using Pandas & Geopandas
3:15 PM
4.6
Analyzing Soundings with MetPy and Siphon
2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
3
Observational Platforms for Space Weather—Part II
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair:
2:00 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Panel Discussion
1
The AMS Student Experience at the Washington Forum
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Cochairs:
Moderator:
Panelists:
Session
2
Effective Communication and Partnership Techniques to Effect Change in Preparedness Behavior
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs:
Session
3
Breaking the Mold: Leveraging New Data, Capabilities, and Practices in Support of Evolving Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Operations
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs:
Session
3
Data Assimilation in Coupled Process Models
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
3
Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Data–Model Integration
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Chair:
Session
3
Innovative Measurements
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair:
Session
3
Major Impacts of 2017 - Warm Season Events
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair:
Session
3
Pre-College Education Initiatives
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
3:00 PM
Break
Session
3
The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Part II
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
Session
3
Verification and Validation — Part I: Communicating Probabilistic Information and Predictive Skill
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs:
3:00 PM
Break
4:00 PM
3.7
Session
3A
Advances in Satellite Observations for Earth Science and Observing Technologies—Part I
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
3A
Communicating Weather Information with a Focus on NWS Applications
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
3:00 PM
Break
Session
3A
Drought Analysis and Prediction, Part II
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Session
3A
International Applications: Making Environmental Hazard Science Useful, Usable, and Used
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
3:00 PM
3A.5
3:45 PM
Discussion
Session
3A
The Climate Science Special Report
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
3B
Building Resilience to Weather and Climate Extremes Across Scales
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
3:00 PM
Break
Session
3B
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part II
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
3:00 PM
Break
Session
3B
ENSO Dynamics, Diversity, Prediction, and Impacts—Part I
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Session
3B
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling, Part II
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
Joint Session
15
NASA Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Health and Air Quality Models and Decisions
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health;
and the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
3:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Panel Discussion
2
Valuing Climate Information and Networks for Improved Planning and Preparedness
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Moderator:
Panelists:
2:45 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Joint Panel Discussion
2
Best Practices and Innovations in Social Media
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium;
the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology;
and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
4
Regional and Coastal Hydrodynamic Model Coupling—Part II
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs:
3:15 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
2
Cloud-Radiation Interactions of Absorbing Aerosols—Part II
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Session
3
MJO Propagation through the Maritime Continent
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs:
Session
4
Research to Operations: Selected Student Presentations
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
16
Joint Session with the AMS Board on the Urban Environment. Part II: Urban Air Pollution Monitoring and Modeling
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA;
and the Board on the Urban Environment
)
Chair:
Joint Session
17
Satellite Testbeds and Proving Ground Activities
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
18
Soil Dust III: Lofting, Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Climate
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions;
and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
)
Cochairs:
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
4
AI Applications to the Environment in Private Companies and Public−Private Partnerships
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair:
3:45 PM
4.2
3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Session
4
ASLI Book Awards
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair:
Session
4
Notable Women and Minority Figures in Atmospheric Science
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair:
4:00 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Joint Session
19
Communication Then and Now
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium;
and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
)
Chair:
4:15 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Poster Session
1
20ATMChem Poster Session I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair:
Cochairs:
Poster 195 is now paper 7.3A
Poster Session
1
8th Research to Operations (8R2O)—Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Joint Poster Session
1
Advancing the Use of Earth Observations to Benefit Global Food Security and Agriculture
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Poster Session
1
Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions Posters I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs:
Poster 246 has been moved. New paper number is 4.6A
Poster Session
1
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs:
33
Poster Session
1
GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Poster 221 has been moved. New paper number is 6B.4A
235