| Sunday, 9 January 2005 |
| 7:30 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-5:40 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 10 January 2005 |
| 6:00 AM, Monday
MON 10 JAN |
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| 9:00 AM-10:25 AM, Monday
Session 1 The impact of weather and climate on the business enterprise |
Moderator: George L. Frederick, Jr., Vaisala, Louisville, CO
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| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | Welcoming Remarks
George L. Frederick Jr., Vaisala, Louisville, CO |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | Impact of weather and climate on the business enterprise
Jeremy Usher, WeatherNews Americas Inc., San Francisco, CA |
| 9:40 AM | 1.3 | Economic development outside the stovepipe - the science connection  
James Giraytys, Winchester, VA |
| 9:55 AM | 1.4 | Lessons learned from major snow events in Upstate New York
David A. Call, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 10:10 AM | 1.5 | Assessing Human Dimensions of Weather and Climate Salience
Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
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| 10:15 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room |
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| 10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday
Session 2 the decision making process with respect to weather and climate information |
Moderator: S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA
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| 10:45 AM | 2.1 | Exploring Use of Climate Information in Wildland Fire Management: A Decision Calendar Study
Thomas W. Corringham, Univercity of California, San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and A. L. Westerling and B. Morehouse |
| 11:00 AM | 2.2 | Policy processes as users of science: The role and use of climate information in national and regional fire policy
Timothy J. Brown, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada; and R. S. Pulwarty |
| 11:15 AM | 2.3 | Climate Services Clearinghouse: A web-based intermediary between the users and producers of climate services
Genevieve E. Maricle, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Pielke |
| 11:30 AM | | Discussion
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday
Session 3 Water Resouce Management |
Moderator: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC, McLean, VA
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| 1:30 PM | 3.1 | Potential applications of climate forecasts by the Corps of Engineers
J. Rolf Olson, US Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA |
| 1:45 PM | 3.2 | Defining Utilization
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK |
| 2:00 PM | 3.3 | 2002 Drought in Colorado: Agriculture impacts and climate information needs
Robert S. Webb, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty and E. C. Schuck |
| 2:15 PM | 3.4 | The general needs of some potential users for meteorological services
Chongjian Liu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and Y. Liu |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Monday
Session 4 Transportation |
Moderator: Leon F. Osborne, Jr., Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND
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| 4:00 PM | 4.1 | A Mobile Meteorological Center
J. Cogan, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and M. Torres, E. Vidal, Y. Wang, C. Williamson, Y. Yee, and R. E. Dumais |
| 4:30 PM | 4.2 | Matching User Needs to Provider Capabilities
John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND |
| 4:45 PM | 4.3 | DEVELOPMENT OF A MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (MDSS) FOR THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Jerome L. Horner, North Dakota Department of Transportation, Bismarck, ND |
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| 5:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 5 Energy |
Moderator: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC, McLean, VA
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday
FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR) |
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| 7:30 PM, Monday
Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet |
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| Tuesday, 11 January 2005 |
| 8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday
Joint Session 1 Weather Headlines (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation) |
Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Atmospheric Policy Program, Washington, DC
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| 8:00 AM | J1.1 | Introductory Remarks
Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK |
| 8:15 AM | J1.2 | 2004 Year in Review
Robert W. Corell, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA |
| 8:45 AM | J1.3 | Impact of Weather on the Economy
Mary G. Altalo, SAIC, McLean, VA |
| 9:15 AM | J1.4 | Tsunami 2004 and US Preparedness
Eddie N. Bernard, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 2 Living with a Limited Water Supply (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation) |
Chair: Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV
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| 11:00 AM | J2.1 | Fire Weather 2004
Richard Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID |
| 11:30 AM | J2.2 | Drought 2004
Donald A. Wilhite, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE |
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| 11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:15 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 3 Living in the Coastal Zone (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation) |
Chair: Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
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| 3:00 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall |
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| 3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 4 Continental Weather (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation) |
Chair: Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
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| 4:30 PM-4:45 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 5 Space Weather (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation) |
Chair: Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK
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| 4:45 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday
Panel Discussion 1 Panel on Weather Impacts (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation) |
Moderator: Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO
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| 4:45 PM | PD1.0a | Introductory Remarks: Roger Pulwarty
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO |
| 5:00 PM | PD1.1 | Occurrences in the Arctic
Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 5:15 PM | PD1.2 | Energy Implications of 2004
Paul R. Janish, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK |
| 5:30 PM | PD1.3 | Emergency Management Lessons from 2004
Ben Nelson, DCA/DEM, Tallahassee, FL |
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| 5:30 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day |
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| Wednesday, 12 January 2005 |
| 9:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
Presidential Forum |
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| 11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 7:30 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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