85th AMS Annual Meeting

: Third Annual Users Conference

Third Annual Users Conference

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Sunday, 9 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


SUN 9 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:40 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005


MON 10 JAN

9:00 AM-10:25 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005


1
The impact of weather and climate on the business enterprise
Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference
Moderator: George L. Frederick Jr., Vaisala

Papers:
  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

  9:55 AM
1.4
  10:10 AM
1.5

10:15 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005


2
the decision making process with respect to weather and climate information
Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference
Moderator: S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation

Papers:
  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

  11:15 AM
2.3
  11:30 AM
2.4
Discussion

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


3
Water Resouce Management
Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference
Moderator: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
  1:45 PM
3.2
Defining Utilization
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (115.6 kB)
  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

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


4
Transportation
Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference
Moderator: Leon F. Osborne Jr., Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc.

Papers:
  4:00 PM
4.1
A Mobile Meteorological Center
J. Cogan, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and M. Torres, E. Vidal Jr., Y. Wang, C. Williamson, Y. Yee, and R. E. Dumais Jr.

  4:30 PM
4.2
Matching User Needs to Provider Capabilities
John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


5
Energy
Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference
Moderator: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC

Papers:
  5:00 PM
5.1
  5:15 PM
5.2
The Value of National Weather Service Forecasts in Scheduling Electricity Generation
Rodney F. Weiher, NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; and T. J. Teisberg and A. Khotanzad

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


TUE 11 JAN

8:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


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)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Third Annual Users Conference; and the IMPACT: Weather 2004 )
Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Atmospheric Policy Program

Papers:
  8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK

  8:15 AM
2004 Year in Review
Robert W. Corell, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

  8:45 AM
  9:15 AM
Tsunami 2004 and US Preparedness
Eddie N. Bernard, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Joint Session 2

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Fire Weather 2004
Richard Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID

  11:30 AM
Drought 2004
Donald A. Wilhite, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Joint Session 3

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Miami, FL

  2:00 PM
  2:30 PM
Hurricane Tornadoes 2004
Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Joint Session 4

Papers:
  3:30 PM
2004: A record year for tornadoes
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. W. McCarthy and G. W. Carbin

  4:00 PM
Winter Storms 2004
Paul J. Kocin, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA

4:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Joint Session 5

Papers:
  4:30 PM
Space Weather: A Threat for the 21st Century
Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO

4:45 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


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)
Sponsors: (Joint between the IMPACT: Weather 2004; and the Third Annual Users Conference )
Moderator: Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Papers:
  4:45 PM
Occurrences in the Arctic
Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

  5:00 PM
Energy Implications of 2004
Paul R. Janish, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

  5:15 PM
  5:30 PM
Introductory Remarks: Roger Pulwarty
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 12 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


WED 12 JAN

9:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Coffee Break

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Presidential Forum

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Exhibits Open

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Exhibits Open

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


AMS Annual Awards Banquet