Session 1 |
| | Operation and Development of the Heat/Health Systems Chair: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/National Weather Service |
| | Organizer: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | The Foundation of Heat/Health Warning Systems: Developmental Considerations 
Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. D. Watts |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | The design and operation of heat watch-warning systems
Scott Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
| 9:30 AM | 1.3 | Point Forecast Matrices in Heat/Health Warning Systems: Meeting the Challenges of Expansion
Douglas C. Young, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:45 AM | 1.4 | How do communities respond? Intervention activities to lower heat-related mortality
Alan D. Perrin, EPA, Washington, DC |
| 10:00 AM | 1.5 | Extreme Heat and Health Impacts in California
Katharine Hayhoe, ATMOS Research & Consulting, South Bend, IN; and L. Kalkstein, N. L. Miller, S. Moser, S. C. Sheridan, and M. Dettinger |