Session: Human Biometeorology: Modeling and Prediction (26th Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/13th Air Pollution/5th Urban Environment/16th Biometeorology and Aerobiology)

Thursday, 26 August 2004: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Host: 16th Biometeorology and Aerobiology

Chair:

Mark D. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin, Department of Geography, Milwaukee, WI

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Seasonal climate prediction for the UK health sector: results from the UK NERC COAPEC project

Glenn R. McGregor, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

An Analysis of Possible Climate Change Impacts on Human Mortality in South Central Canada

Chad Shouquan Cheng, MSC, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada; and H. Auld, G. Li, J. M. Klaassen, Q. Li, N. Comer, M. Campbell, N. Day, D. Pengelly, and S. Gingrich

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (229.3 kB)

9:00 AM

5.3

Using a dynamic population model of the Lyme disease vector to identify risk areas for Lyme disease spread in the face of climate change

Nick Hume Ogden, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada; and M. Bigras-Poulin, C. J. O'Callaghan, I. K. Barker, L. R. Lindsay, A. Maarouf, K. E. Tomic, D. Waltner-Toews, and D. Charron

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Impact of climate and agriculture on enteric illness in Atlantic Canada: toward a climate change adaptation strategy

James E Valcour, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and D. Waltner-Toews, D. Charron, O. Berke, and T. Edge

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5.5

Cryptococcus gattii, a tropical pathogen emerging in a temperate climate zone

Karen H. Bartlett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and M. Fyfe, L. MacDougall, C. Duncan, S. Mak, and S. Kidd

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (94.6 kB)