The 86th AMS Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA)

Sunday Tuesday
Monday, 30 January 2006
7:30 AM-6:00 PM
Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February (2HEATHEALTH, 4HISTORY, 1POLICY, 14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, LILLY, 3SPACEWX, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 10IOAS, 18CLIMATEVARI, 18PROBSTAT, 2GOESRNPOESS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM, HOLTON, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS)
8:30 AM-12:15 PM -- A302
Session 1 James Holton Oral Presentations ( HOLTON

9:00 AM-10:15 AM -- A305
Joint Session 1 A Peek at the Earth Observing System of Tomorrow (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, and the 22nd Conference on IIPS) ( 14SATMET, 10IOAS, 22IIPS

9:00 AM-10:00 AM -- A301
Session 1 Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather ( 12ARAM

9:00 AM-11:45 AM -- A309
Session 1 Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Basin–Scale And Decadal Variability ( 14SEAATMOS

9:00 AM-12:00 PM -- A407
Session 1 Advanced Modeling of Dispersion and Air Quality on All Scales: Part I ( 14AIRPOL

9:00 AM-12:00 PM -- A402
Session 1 K-12 Education and Public Outreach Initiatives ( 15EDUCATION

9:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A314
Session 1 Observed Seasonal to Interannual Climate Variability: Part I ( 18CLIMATEVARI

9:00 AM-11:45 AM -- A304
Session 1 Forecast Evaluation ( 18PROBSTAT

9:00 AM-11:45 AM -- A408
Session 1 Aerosols—Radiative Impacts and Visibility Reduction ( 8ATCHEM

9:00 AM-10:15 AM -- A307
Session 1 The Utility of Lightning Data in the Operational Warning and Decision Making Process ( 2LIGHTNING

9:00 AM-10:00 AM -- A310
Session 1 Operation and Development of the New NWS Heat/Health Systems ( 2HEATHEALTH

9:00 AM-11:30 AM -- A316
Session 1 urban air quality (including urban airshed modeling and urban air chemistry experiments) ( 6URBAN

9:00 AM-12:00 PM -- A406
Session 1 All aspects of space weather with a preference for those that address "impacts": Part 1 ( 3SPACEWX

10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (M1) (2HEATHEALTH, 14SATMET, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, SLS, 2LIGHTNING, 10IOAS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM)
10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- A405
Session 1 Experiments Involving Observations, Real or Hypothetical: Data Impact Tests (Sensitivity of Forecasts to a Particular Source of Observations); Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) Part 1 ( 10IOAS

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- A305
Session 1 Retrievals and Cloud Products: Part I ( 14SATMET

10:45 AM-11:45 AM -- A411
Session 1 Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates Part I ( 22IIPS

10:45 AM-12:15 PM -- A301
Session 2 Aviation Weather Problems- Unmet User Needs ( 12ARAM

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- A412
Session 2 International Applications Part I ( 22IIPS

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- A307
Session 2 Utility of lightning information for safety and protection-related issues ( 2LIGHTNING

10:45 AM-12:15 PM -- A310
Session 2 System Implementation and Intervention Activities to Lessen Heat/Health Problems ( 2HEATHEALTH

12:00 PM-1:10 PM
Plenary Session 1 AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer) ( 14AIRPOL, HOLTON, 3SPACEWX, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 22IIPS, 15EDUCATION, 6URBAN, 4HISTORY, 1POLICY, 8ATCHEM, SLS, LILLY, 2LIGHTNING, 14SEAATMOS, 18PROBSTAT, 18CLIMATEVARI, 20HYDROLOGY, 10IOAS, 2GOESRNPOESS, 14SATMET, 12ARAM, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS, 2HEATHEALTH

1:29 PM-1:30 PM -- A403
Session Forum Introduction ( 4USERS

1:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A313
Joint Session 1 LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS: Soil Moisture Feedback and Modeling Studies (Joint with 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 20th Conference on Hydrology) ( 18CLIMATEVARI, 20HYDROLOGY

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A311
Joint Session 1 Advances in Understanding of Lightning and Potential Economic and Societal Benefits (Joint with Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and Forum on Environmental Risks and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges) ( 2LIGHTNING, FORUMSOCIETY

1:30 PM-5:45 PM -- A315
Joint Session 1 Comparison and Evaluation of Urban Land Surface Schemes for Mesoscale Models (Joint with 6th Symposium on the Urban Environment and Forum on Managing our Physical and Natural Resources) ( 6URBAN, FORUMRESOURCE

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- A403
Session 1 Session A: Energy Industry ( 4USERS

1:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A405
Session 2 Experiments Involving Observations, Real or Hypothetical: Data Impact Tests (Sensitivity of Forecasts to a Particular Source of Observations); Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) Part 2 ( 10IOAS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A309
Session 2 VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Studies (VOCALS) I ( 14SEAATMOS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A305
Session 2 Retrievals and Cloud Products 2 ( 14SATMET

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A407
Session 2 ADVANCED MODELING OF DISPERSION AND AIR QUALITY ON ALL SCALES: Part II ( 14AIRPOL

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A402
Session 2 K-12 Educational Outreach Activities for Space Weather ( 15EDUCATION

1:30 PM-5:00 PM -- A314
Session 2 AMS Bernhard Haurwitz and Walter Orr Roberts Lectures ( 18CLIMATEVARI

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A302
Session 2 James Holton Oral Presentations II ( HOLTON

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- A406
Session 2 ALL ASPECTS OF SPACE WEATHER WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT ADDRESS "IMPACTS": Part 2 ( 3SPACEWX

1:30 PM-5:45 PM -- A301
Session 3 FAA Aviation Weather Research Program ( 12ARAM

1:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A411
Session 3 Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates Part II ( 22IIPS

1:30 PM-5:00 PM -- A412
Session 4 International Applications Part II ( 22IIPS

1:45 PM-2:45 PM -- A304
Session 2 Gridded Forecasts, Their Production and Use ( 18PROBSTAT

2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (M2) (14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, FORUMSOCIETY, 8ATCHEM, SLS, 3SPACEWX, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 14SEAATMOS, 18PROBSTAT, 2GOESRNPOESS, HOLTON, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS, 2HEATHEALTH)
2:30 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Joint Poster Session 1 Urban Environment Posters (JOINT WITH 6th Symposium on the Urban Environment and FORUM ON MANAGING OUR PHYSICAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES) ( 6URBAN, FORUMRESOURCE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 IOAS-AOLS Poster Session 1 ( 10IOAS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 FAA Aviation Weather Research Program Posters ( 12ARAM

2:30 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Studies (VOCALS) ( 14SEAATMOS

2:30 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 Retrievals and Cloud Products ( 14SATMET

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 Observed climate change ( 18CLIMATEVARI

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 Probability and Statistics ( 18PROBSTAT

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 IIPS Poster Session I ( 22IIPS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 Atmospheric Chemistry Posters ( 8ATCHEM

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 Advances in Technology and Operational Utility of Lightning Data ( 2LIGHTNING

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- A302
Poster Session 1 James Holton Poster Presentations ( HOLTON

2:30 PM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 2 Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Basin-Scale and Decadal Variability ( 14SEAATMOS

3:00 PM-3:15 PM
Coffee Break with formal poster viewing (4USERS)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM -- A402
Joint Session 1 Educational Outreach Activities for Space Weather (Joint with 15th Symposium on Education and 3rd Symposium on Space Weather) ( 15EDUCATION, 3SPACEWX

4:00 PM-5:15 PM -- A311
Session 1 Hazards and disasters: Socioeconomic Impacts & the Decision making process: Part 1 ( FORUMSOCIETY

4:00 PM-5:00 PM -- A403
Session 2 Session B: Retail Industry ( 4USERS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- A316
Session 2 studies of coastal cities ( 6URBAN

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- A309
Session 3 The Role of Ocean–Atmosphere Interaction in Tropical Climate and Its Variation ( 14SEAATMOS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- A305
Session 3 Retrievals and Cloud Products: Part III ( 14SATMET

4:00 PM-5:15 PM -- A407
Session 3 Modeling and Measurements of Aerosol/Particulates ( 14AIRPOL

4:00 PM-5:00 PM -- A304
Session 3 Bayesian Probability Forecasting ( 18PROBSTAT

4:00 PM-5:45 PM -- A307
Session 3 Observational Fusion of Lightning Data in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences I ( 2LIGHTNING

4:00 PM-5:15 PM -- A302
Session 3 James Holton Oral Presentations III ( HOLTON

5:00 PM-5:30 PM -- A314
Session 2A Report on U.S. Climate Science Program ( 18CLIMATEVARI

5:30 PM
Sessions end for the day (M) (14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, 3SPACEWX, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 18PROBSTAT, 10IOAS, 18CLIMATEVARI, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM, 2HEATHEALTH)
5:30 PM-5:45 PM -- A403
Session 4th Annual User's Forum Wrap-Up and Adjourn ( 4USERS

5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) (4HISTORY, 1POLICY, 18PROBSTAT, 14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, LILLY, 3SPACEWX, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 10IOAS, 18CLIMATEVARI, 2GOESRNPOESS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM, HOLTON, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS, 2HEATHEALTH)
7:30 PM
Holton Symposium Banquet (HOLTON, 4HISTORY, 1POLICY, 14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, LILLY, 3SPACEWX, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 18PROBSTAT, 10IOAS, 18CLIMATEVARI, 2GOESRNPOESS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS, 2HEATHEALTH)
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