| Monday, 30 January 2006 |
| 7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday
Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February |
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| 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, A310
Session 1 Operation and Development of the New NWS Heat/Health Systems |
Organizer: Mark Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | Progress in the Nationalization of National Weather Service Heat/Health Warning Systems
Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. C. Young and J. G. Ferrell |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | The new generation of heat/health warning systems: how they work
Laurence Kalkstein, University of Delaware, Marco Island, FL |
| 9:30 AM | 1.3 | Utilizing the latest-generation excessive heat concepts in NOAA's National Weather Service forecast office operational environment
Gary Szatkowski, NOAA/National Weather Service, Mount Holly, NJ |
| 9:45 AM | 1.4 | Using the System in Hot Summer Climates: Special Challenges
Anton F. Haffer, NOAA/NWSFO, Phoenix, AZ; and J. A. Skindlov |
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| 10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (M1) |
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| 10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, A310
Session 2 System Implementation and Intervention Activities to Lessen Heat/Health Problems |
Organizer: Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
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| 10:45 AM | 2.0 | Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles
Jan Null, Golden Gate Weather Services, Fremont, CA |
| 11:00 AM | 2.1 | A survey of the public perception and response to heat warnings and advisories
Scott C. Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
| 11:15 AM | 2.2 | How Does the National Weather Service Interact with Stakeholders? Outreach from the Perspective of a Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Henry E. (Ted) Buehner, NOAA/NWS, Seattle, WA |
| 11:30 AM | 2.3 | EPA's Role in Saving Lives in Vulnerable Urban Areas
Jason Samenow, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC; and A. D. Perrin |
| 11:45 AM | 2.4 | Development of a response guidebook for excessive heat events
David M. Mills, Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, CO |
| 12:00 PM | 2.5 | The Analog City Study: What if the 2003 European Heat Wave Occurred in a Major U.S City?
J. Scott Greene, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Kalkstein |
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| 12:00 PM-1:10 PM, Monday
Plenary Session 1 AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer) |
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College, London United Kingdom; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 12:00 PM | PL1.1 | Forum opening
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna |
| 12:10 PM | PL1.2 | How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?
Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
| 12:40 PM | PL1.3 | THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (M2) |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions end for the day (M) |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:30 PM, Monday
Holton Symposium Banquet |
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