First Symposium on Policy Research

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Saturday, 28 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Sat 28 Jan

7:30 AM-7:31 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Short Course and Student Conference Registration

Sunday, 29 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Sun 29 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Conference Registration

Monday, 30 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Mon 30 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February

12:00 PM-1:10 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Plenary Session 1
AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; the Event Program; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 15th Symposium on Education; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year; and the Second Special Session on Heat Health )
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ.; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS
  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, Exeter, United Kingdom

  12:40 PM
PL1.3
THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Holton Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 31 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Tue 31 Jan

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Exhbits Open (T)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Plenary Session
Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
Hosts: (Joint between the Event Program; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 15th Symposium on Education; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; and the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year )

Wednesday, 1 February 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Wed 1 Feb

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 1
Policy Research in the Earth System Sciences
Location: A307 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: First Symposium on Policy Research
Organizers: William Hooke, AMS Policy Program; Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS; Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC
  8:30 AM
1.1
In search of new options: characterizing and defining atmospheric science policy research
Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and L. Dilling and R. A. Pielke Jr.
  8:45 AM
1.2
Emerging issues in using space for managing the planet: policy, law, and economics
Ray A. Williamson, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, Washington, DC; and H. R. Hertzfeld
  9:00 AM
1.3
  9:15 AM
1.4
  10:15 AM
1.8
Assessing science policies for climate research: New options for organizing research in support of decision making under uncertainty
Lisa Dilling, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Pielke, Jr. and D. Sarewitz

  10:30 AM
1.9
Integrating atmospheric science into air quality planning: Challenges and opportunities
Daniel S. Cohan, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA
  10:45 AM
1.10
Indentifying a desirable air quality for Atlanta in 2050
Ed Weber, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and D. Noonan

  11:00 AM
1.11
Opportunities for policy research: A view from the House Science Committee
Johannes Loschnigg, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Washington, DC

  11:15 AM
1.12
Organizational Communication and Decision Making in Hurricane Emergencies
Walter G. Peacock, Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and M. K. Lindell and C. S. Prater
  11:30 AM
1.13
Hurricane Forecasting: The State of the Art
Hugh E. Willoughby, International Hurricane Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL; and E. Rappaport and F. D. Marks Jr.

  11:45 AM
1.14
Evacuation Decision Making and Behavioral Responses: Individual and Household
Hugh Gladwin, Florida International University, North Miami, FL; and N. Dash
  12:00 PM
1.15
Developing a Consensus Social Science Research Agenda for the Hurricane Forecast and Warning System
Walter G. Peacock, Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and H. E. Willoughby, B. Morrow, H. Gladwin, and J. K. Lazo
  12:15 PM
1.16
The contribution of science to community based climate adaptation initiatives
Amanda Lynch, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and R. D. Brunner and J. A. Maslanik
  12:30 PM
1.17
Applying science policy research: The case of the carbon cycle science program
Lisa Dilling, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. E. Maricle and R. A. Pielke Jr.

  12:45 PM
1.18
Role of landscape changes in water consumption for water policy in humid environments
Richard T. McNider, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Christy, J. Cruise, R. Marcus, and A. Limaye
  1:15 PM
1.20
An integrated model for sustainable management of water resources in south Florida
Sajjad Ahmad, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; and G. Podesta, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, and R. Garcia-Martinez

  2:15 PM
1.11A
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry Available in the Exhibit Hall; Exhibit Hours 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.)

  3:45 PM
1.15A
Poster Session

  1:45 PM
1.0a
Introductory Remarks

  2:00 PM
1.4a
Coffee Break in the Meeting Room Foyer

  5:30 PM
1.21a
Sessions end for the day

11:00 AM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Exhibits Open (W)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 2 February 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Symposium Ends

THUR 2 FEB

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Session 2
Economics and Weather: Methods and Applications
Location: A307 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: First Symposium on Policy Research
Organizers: William Hooke, AMS Policy Program; Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program; Roger Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center
  8:30 AM
2.1
  8:45 AM
2.2
  9:00 AM
2.3
The overlap in scientist's and reinsurer's interests in assessing, modeling, and monitoring the impacts of extreme climate events
Richard J. Murnane, Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Garrett Park, MD; and H. F. Diaz
  9:15 AM
2.4
The Miami Hurricane Event Market (MAHEM): A Hurricane Futures Market
David Letson, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan, D. Kelly, and F. Nelson
  9:30 AM
2.5
The Economic Value of Hurricane Forecasts: An Overview and Research Needs
David Letson, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. K. Lazo and D. Sutter
  9:45 AM
2.6
Severe Weather and Bank Performance
B.T. Ewing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. E. Hein and J. B. Kruse

  10:00 AM
2.7
U.S. Flood Damage: future expectations based upon historical trends
Erik Noble, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Boulder, CO
  10:15 AM
2.8
The Benefits and Cost of NEXRAD Weather Radar
Daniel Sutter, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. M. Simmons
  10:30 AM
2.9
Replicating Innovation: Successes and Challenges
Dale A. Morris, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer and D. S. Arndt
  10:45 AM
2.5A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (Th)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Registration Desk Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall and AMS IPOD Raffle (Th2)

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Exhibit Close

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Lilly Symposium Banquet