| Saturday, 28 January 2006 |
| The American Meteorological Society and the Impact Weather Program Committee wishes to express its appreciation to ITT Industries for its support of this year’s program |
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| 7:30 AM-7:31 AM, Saturday
Short Course and Student Conference Registration |
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| Sunday, 29 January 2006 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 30 January 2006 |
| 7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday
Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February |
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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-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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| Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
Session 1 Top Stories of 2005 |
Chair: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK
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| 8:30 AM | 1.1 | Welcome and Introduction 
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK |
| 8:40 AM | 1.2 | Top World Stories
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC |
| 9:00 AM | 1.3 | Guatemala Hurricane Impacts
E. Hardie Sanchez-Bennett, Instituto Nacional de Sismolog, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| 9:15 AM | 1.4 | African Drought, Locust, Famine
Douglas Lecomte, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD |
| 9:30 AM | 1.5 | India Floods: 37' Rain in One Day in Bombay
Sanjiv Nair, Technology Bhavan, New Delhi, India |
| 9:45 AM | 1.6 | Worst Flooding in China in 100 Years
Jixin Xu, China Meteorology Bureau, Bejing, China |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1) |
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| 9:45 AM, Tuesday
Interviews with Speakers: Stephanie Kenitzer, AMS |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhbits Open (T) |
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| 11:15 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, 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) |
Moderator: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
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| 11:15 AM | JPD3.1 | Meteorological Aspects of the 2005 Hurricane Season
Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NHC, Miami, FL |
| 11:25 AM | JPD3.2 | Hurricanes and Science Policy (Invited Presentation)
Amy Carroll, US House of Representatives, Washington, DC |
| 11:35 AM | JPD3.3 | Health Effects of 2005 Hurricanes
Anna Marie, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA |
| 11:45 AM | JPD3.4 | Impact on Marine Ecosystems and Fishing Industry
John Oliver, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD |
| 11:55 AM | JPD3.5 | Impact of the Nations Economy
Daniel Bachman, Office of Policy Development, Washington, DC |
| 12:05 PM | | Discussion
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| 12:15 PM, Tuesday
Plenary Session Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.) |
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| 1:45 PM-2:35 PM, Tuesday, 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) |
Moderator: Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO
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| 1:45 PM | JPD4.1 | Strong Space Weather in 2005
Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO |
| 1:55 PM | JPD4.2 | Weather Impacts on the Aviation Industry
A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 2:05 PM | JPD4.3 | Petroleum & Natural Gas: Hurricane and Temperature Impacts
Paul Janish, Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc., Houston, TX |
| 2:15 PM | JPD4.4 | The Changing Landscape in Insurance
Jeffrey Rouch, Nationwide Insurance, Washington, DC |
| 2:25 PM | | Discussion
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (T2) |
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| 3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Tuesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
Session 2 U.S. Weather 2005 |
Chair: Bradley Colman, NOAA/NWS, Seattle, WA
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| 3:30 PM | 2.1 | California Debris Flow
Susan Cannon, USGS, San Diego, CA |
| 3:45 PM | 2.2 | Record Snowpack and Flooding in Utah During the Winter of 2004–05
Lawrence Dunn, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 4:00 PM | 2.3 | Drought
Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV |
| 4:15 PM | 2.4 | 2005: A Strange Tornado Year
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. W. McCarthy and G. W. Carbin |
| 4:30 PM | 2.5 | Winter Weather
Paul J. Kocin, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA |
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| 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Tuesday, 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) |
Moderator: Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
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| 7:00 PM | JPD5.1 | Preparedness
Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment, New Orleans, LA |
| 7:10 PM | JPD5.2 | Mitigation of Flood Impacts
Lisa Jones, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, State Association of Flood Plain Managers, Columbia, SC |
| 7:20 PM | JPD5.3 | Mitigation of Structural Damage
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Houston, TX |
| 7:30 PM | JPD5.4 | Media Coverage
Bob Breck, WVUE-TV, New Orleans, LA |
| 7:40 PM | JPD5.5 | Policy and Preparedness (Invited Presentation)
Tom Jones, Senate Sub-Committee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, Washington, DC |
|  | JPD5.6 | Role of Climate Change in Hurricanes—Two Sides of the Issue
William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| | JPD5.7 | Role of Climate Change in Hurricanes–Two Sides of the Issue
Greg J. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 7:50 PM | | Discussion
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| 9:00 PM, Tuesday, 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) |
Panelists: James Cantore, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; Jeff Morrow, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; Stephanie Abrams, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
Moderator: Stuart Ostro, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
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