The 86th AMS Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA)

Monday Wednesday
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
8:30 AM-12:15 PM -- A311
Joint Session 2 Low-level transport in urban and complex terrain (Joint with 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the A&WMA and AMS Forum: Environmental Risks and Impacts on Society: Success and Challenges) ( 14AIRPOL, FORUMSOCIETY

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- A312
Joint Session 2 Distributed Earth Science Information Systems (Joint with 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology) ( 22IIPS, 18CLIMATEVARI

8:30 AM-12:30 PM -- A314
Joint Session 3 Land-Atmosphere Interactions: Land Data, Land Cover, and Land Use Studies (Joint with 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 20th Conference on Hydrology) ( 18CLIMATEVARI, 20HYDROLOGY

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
Session 1 Top Stories of 2005 ( 2IMPACTS

8:30 AM-8:45 AM -- A404
Session 1 Symposium Introduction ( PARTNERSHIPSYMP

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- A408
Session 2 Air Quality and Climate Change ( 8ATCHEM

8:30 AM-12:15 PM -- A405
Session 3 Atmospheric Observations, In Situ and Remote, Including From Satellites: Advantages and Shortcomings Compared with Other Observing Systems; the Integrated Upper Air Observing System (IUAOS) for the U.S. ( 10IOAS

8:30 AM-12:15 PM -- A402
Session 3 University and Professional Education ( 15EDUCATION

8:30 AM-11:45 AM -- A315
Session 3 cities as agents of global change ( 6URBAN

8:30 AM-12:30 PM -- A406
Session 3 New space weather data sources, products, and developments with forecast models ( 3SPACEWX

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- A301
Session 4 TAMDAR ( 12ARAM

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- A309
Session 4 Marine Clouds and VOCALS II ( 14SEAATMOS

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- A305
Session 4 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies: Part I ( 14SATMET

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- A307
Session 4 Assimilation of lightning data into forecast models ( 2LIGHTNING

8:30 AM-12:15 PM -- A411
Session 5 Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology ( 22IIPS

8:30 AM-12:45 PM -- A412
Session 6 Challenges in Data Access, Distribution and Use ( 22IIPS

8:45 AM-9:45 AM -- A404
Session 2 Public Sector ( PARTNERSHIPSYMP

8:45 AM-11:45 AM -- A304
Session 4 Ensemble Forecasting ( 18PROBSTAT

9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1) (14SATMET, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, 2LIGHTNING, 14SEAATMOS, 2GOESRNPOESS, 12ARAM, HOLTON, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS)
9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Joint Poster Session 1 MARINE METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF REAL AND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (Joint between the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography ) ( 14SEAATMOS, 14SATMET

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Joint Poster Session 1 Land-Atmosphere Interactions (Joint with 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 20th Conference on Hydrology) ( 18CLIMATEVARI, 20HYDROLOGY

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 1 NPOESS Posters ( 2GOESRNPOESS

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 2 TAMDAR Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 2 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies ( 14SATMET

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 2 Observational fusion and application of lightning data in the earth and Atmospheric Sciences ( 2LIGHTNING

9:45 AM -- A301
Poster Session 3 Ceiling and Visibility—Winter Weather Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 3 The Role of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction In Tropical Climate And Its Variations ( 14SEAATMOS

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 4 Future Aviation Weather Delivery Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 5 Low Altitude Wind Shear and Wake Vortices Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 6 Polarimetric Radar Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 7 Turbulence Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM -- Exhibit Hall A2
Poster Session 8 Satellite Applications and Volcanic Ash Detection Posters ( 12ARAM

9:45 AM
Interviews with Speakers: Stephanie Kenitzer, AMS (2IMPACTS)
11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Exhbits Open (T) (1POLICY, 4HISTORY, 14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, LILLY, 3SPACEWX, 18PROBSTAT, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 18CLIMATEVARI, 2GOESRNPOESS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM, HOLTON, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS)
11:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A307
Joint Session 2 Use of Lightning Data in Aviation Operations (Joint with Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and 12th Conference on Avaition, Range and Aerospace Meteorology) ( 12ARAM, 2LIGHTNING

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- A403
Joint Session 2 Water Conservation in Deserts (Joint with 20th Conference on Hydrology and Forum on Managing our Physical and Natural Resources) ( 20HYDROLOGY, FORUMRESOURCE

11:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A313
Session 3 Observed Climate Change in the Atmosphere and Oceans: Part 1 ( 18CLIMATEVARI

11:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A404
Session 3 Private Sector ( PARTNERSHIPSYMP

11:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A301
Session 5 Ceiling and Visibility—Winter Weather ( 12ARAM

11:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A309
Session 5 Air–Sea Turbulent Flux Parameterizations ( 14SEAATMOS

11:00 AM-12:15 PM -- A305
Session 5 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies: Part II ( 14SATMET

11:15 AM-12:15 PM -- Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
Joint Panel Discussion 3 Hurricane Impacts (Joint with the AMS Forum: Environmental Risks and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges and the Symposium on Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year) ( 2IMPACTS, FORUMSOCIETY

11:15 AM-12:15 PM -- A310
Session 1 Meteorology: From Ben Franklin to Climate Change ( 4HISTORY

12:15 PM -- Thomas Murphy Ballroom 2&3
Panel Discussion 4 Panel Discussion on Weather and Climate Impacts (joint with Impact Weather 2005) ( FORUMSOCIETY

12:15 PM
Plenary Session Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.) ( 18PROBSTAT, 14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, LILLY, 1POLICY, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 10IOAS, 2GOESRNPOESS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM, 18CLIMATEVARI, 22IIPS, 4HISTORY, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, HOLTON, 3SPACEWX, 2IMPACTS

12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Session 1 Session 1 ( 6PRES

1:45 PM-2:35 PM -- Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
Joint Panel Discussion 4 Weather, Energy, and the Economy (Joint with the AMS Forum: Environmental Risks and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges and the Symposium on Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year) ( 2IMPACTS, FORUMSOCIETY

1:45 PM-3:00 PM -- A405
Joint Session 2 Progress and Challenges Related to the Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements into Space Weather Models (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) and the 3rd Symposium on Space Weather) ( 10IOAS, 3SPACEWX

1:45 PM-2:15 PM -- A302
Joint Session 2 Symposium Welcome and Keynote (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography) ( 2GOESRNPOESS, 14SATMET

1:45 PM-6:00 PM -- A311
Joint Session 3 Future Delivery of Aviation Weather Services (Joint With 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges) ( 12ARAM, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY

1:45 PM-4:30 PM -- A312
Joint Session 3 Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands (Joint with 6th Symposium on the Urban Environment and Forum on Managing our Physical and Natural Resources) ( 6URBAN, FORUMRESOURCE

1:45 PM-5:30 PM -- A402
Joint Session 4 Tools to Enhance Weather and Climate Data Use in the Classroom (Joint with 15th Symposium on Education and 22nd Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems) ( 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS

1:45 PM-5:30 PM -- A316
Joint Session 5 Urban Turbulent Transport and Dispersion Processes (cosponsored by BL&T committee) (Joint with the 6th Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA) ( 6URBAN, 14AIRPOL

1:45 PM-5:45 PM -- A313
Joint Session 5 Land-Atmosphere Interactions: Coupled Model Development, Data Assimilation, Predictability, and Process Studies (Joint with 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 20th Conference on Hydrology) ( 18CLIMATEVARI, 20HYDROLOGY

1:45 PM-5:15 PM -- A403
Session 1 Global water and energy cycle observations, models, and analyses ( 20HYDROLOGY

1:45 PM-3:00 PM -- A410
Session 1 Historical Perspectives on Understanding and Forecasting Severe Convective Storms ( SLS

1:45 PM-4:30 PM -- A407
Session 4 Emission and Air Quality Measurements and Model Evaluations ( 14AIRPOL

1:45 PM-5:30 PM -- A314
Session 4 Observed Climate Change in the Atmosphere and Oceans: Part 2 ( 18CLIMATEVARI

1:45 PM-5:45 PM -- A315
Session 4 Urban Boundary-Layer Structure and Development (Cosponsored by BL&T committee) ( 6URBAN

1:45 PM-3:00 PM -- A404
Session 4 Academic Sector ( PARTNERSHIPSYMP

1:45 PM-4:45 PM -- A304
Session 5 Use of Ensembles and Their Postprocesing in Prediction ( 18PROBSTAT

1:45 PM-3:00 PM -- A307
Session 5 Observational Fusion of Lightning Data in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences II ( 2LIGHTNING

1:45 PM-5:30 PM -- A301
Session 6 Current Issues and Topics in Aviation Weather ( 12ARAM

1:45 PM-3:00 PM -- A309
Session 6 Space–Based Air–Sea Turbulent Fluxes ( 14SEAATMOS

1:45 PM-5:30 PM -- A411
Session 7 INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEMS ( 22IIPS

1:45 PM-5:30 PM -- A412
Session 8 GIS Applications ( 22IIPS

2:00 PM-5:00 PM -- A310
Session 2 Meteorology: From Ben Franklin to Climate Change: Part II ( 4HISTORY

2:15 PM-3:00 PM -- A302
Joint Session 3 NPOESS Overview (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography ) ( 2GOESRNPOESS, 14SATMET

3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (T2) (14SATMET, FORUMSOCIETY, 8ATCHEM, SLS, 3SPACEWX, 2LIGHTNING, 14SEAATMOS, 10IOAS, 2GOESRNPOESS, PARTNERSHIPSYMP, 2IMPACTS)
3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A302
Session 1 NPOESS Risk Reduction ( 2GOESRNPOESS

3:30 PM-4:45 PM -- Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
Session 2 U.S. Weather 2005 ( 2IMPACTS

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A410
Session 2 Current Understanding of Supercell Tornadoes and Future Research Directions ( SLS

3:30 PM-4:30 PM -- A405
Session 4 Field Experiments: Observational Results From Past Field Experiments; Potential Relevance of the Field Observations to Operational Prediction ( 10IOAS

3:30 PM-4:45 PM -- A406
Session 4 ALL ASPECTS OF SPACE WEATHER WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE THAT ADDRESS "IMPACTS": Part 3 ( 3SPACEWX

3:30 PM -- A404
Session 5 Discussion of Policy and Issues ( PARTNERSHIPSYMP

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A305
Session 6 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies: Part III ( 14SATMET

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A307
Session 6 Advances in lightning technology and transfer of that technology from research to operations ( 2LIGHTNING

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A309
Session 7 In Situ Air–Sea Turbulent Flux Measurements ( 14SEAATMOS

4:30 PM-5:30 PM -- A405
Session 5 Ocean Observations: How Does a Paticular Observing System Compliment Other Systems and Contribute to a Viable Composite Observing System Appropriate for the Ocean Environment? What do the Observations Tell us about the Ocean Environment? ( 10IOAS

5:30 PM
Sessions end for the day (T) (14SATMET, 15EDUCATION, 22IIPS, FORUMSOCIETY, FORUMRESOURCE, 8ATCHEM, SLS, 18PROBSTAT, 14AIRPOL, 2LIGHTNING, 6URBAN, 14SEAATMOS, 10IOAS, 18CLIMATEVARI, 2GOESRNPOESS, 20HYDROLOGY, 12ARAM)
5:30 PM
Team NPOESS Reception (2GOESRNPOESS)
7:00 PM-8:00 PM -- A305
Joint Panel Discussion 5 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Where Do We Go from Here? (Joint with the AMS Forum: Environmental Risks and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges and the Symposium on Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year) ( 2IMPACTS, FORUMSOCIETY

9:00 PM -- A305
Joint Panel Discussion 6 Live Coverage of Hurricanes from a Meteorologists Perspective (Joint with the AMS Forum: Environmental Risks and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges and the Symposium on Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year) ( 2IMPACTS, FORUMSOCIETY

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