Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair

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Saturday, 28 January 2006

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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

9:15 AM-10:15 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Session 1
Welcoming Remarks and Introduction
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
  9:15 AM
1.1
Welcome: From AMS
Walter A. Lyons, AMS President and FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and K. Seitter

  9:30 AM
1.2
Welcome: From Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Percy W. Thomas, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. K. Miller

  9:35 AM
1.3
Setting the Stage
Scott Mackaro, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

  9:45 AM
1.4
Career Crossroads: Where Do You Want to Go? & Who Can
Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Session 2
Now-Casting: Job Opportunities Today
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
  10:15 AM
2.1
Forecasting: Part 1
John D. Gordon, Air Force Reserve and NOAA/NWS, Louisville, KY

  10:25 AM
2.2
Forecasting: Part 2
Stephanie Klipfel, Delta Airlines, Atlanta, GA

  10:35 AM
2.3
Research: Part 1
Judith Lean, NRL, Washington, DC

  10:45 AM
2.4
Research: Part 2
George L. Frederick Jr., Vaisala, Louisville, CO

  10:55 AM
2.5
Communication: Part 1
Jack Williams, AMS, Washington, DC

  11:05 AM
2.6
Communication: Part 2
Rob Marciano, CNN, Atlanta, GA

  11:15 AM
2.6a
Discussion

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center

1:10 PM-2:10 PM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Session 3
Forecasting: Modeling Your Future
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
  1:10 PM
3.1
Space Weather
William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO

  1:20 PM
3.2
Public Health
Jonathan Patz, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

  1:30 PM
3.3
Policy
Bryan Hannegan, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA

  1:40 PM
3.4
Weather Economics/Business
William S. Weaving, Planalytics, Wayne, PA

  1:50 PM
3.4a
Discussion

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Panel Discussion 1
Conversations with Professionals
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
Panelist: Timothy Spangler, UCAR/COMET

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Networking Reception, Career Fair, & Student Local Chapter Poster Session

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Dinner

Sunday, 29 January 2006

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


Sun 29 Jan

7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Breakfast & Networking Opportunities

8:15 AM-8:30 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Recap of Saturday's Events

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Session 4
Beyond Borders: Expanding your Career Options Internationally
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
  8:30 AM
4.1
Atmospheric Science International
George Atkinson, Science Advisor to the President, Washington, DC

  8:40 AM
4.2
Beyond Cyberspace
Edward R. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Siver Spring, MD

  8:50 AM
4.3
Tawian Space Program
Bill Kuo, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  9:00 AM
4.3A
Discussion

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Panel Discussion 2
Nuts & Bolts: Putting it all together
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Q & A

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Conference Closing Luncheon

1:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Poster Session 1
All Submissions
Location: A411 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Fifth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
 
P1.1
Weather Awareness among Hispanics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Aisha Sekelaga Muhammad, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
P1.2
Variability of radar reflectivity in continental boundary layer stratocumulus
Aaron M. Botnick, National Weather Center REU & University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and Y. L. Kogan and D. B. Mechem

 
P1.3
Validation of a theory for ice formation in freezing drizzle events
Alyssa Saunders, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 
P1.4
Using GPS radio occultation data in the study of tropical cyclogenesis
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., UCAR/SOARS, New Haven, CT

 
P1.5
Using CCSM3 to simulate climate changes caused by the 8.2ka meltwater pulse
Melissa Burt, SOARS, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Morrill and B. Otto-Bliesner

 
P1.6
The Role of Undergraduates in LEAD Learning Communities
Michael D. Williams, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA; and C. J. Warren and J. E. Yorks

 
P1.7
The Llanos low-level jet and its association with Venezuelan convective precipitation
Rebekah J. LaBar, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA; and M. W. Douglas, J. F. Mejia, and J. Murillo

 
P1.8
The impact of a controlled burn on atmospheric and surface conditions on a tallgrass prairie
Amanda J. Schroeder, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

 
P1.9
The Effect of Aerosol Dispersion on Asthma Related Hospitalizations
Catherine Miller, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

 
P1.10
The Development and Investigation of Eight Northeast Air Quality Case Studies
Gregory G. Garner, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and A. R. Fusco, S. L. O'Clair, and C. J. Sheehan

 
P1.11
Plains Organization for Wind Energy Resources
Nicole Lynn Peterson, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

 
P1.12
Observations of spatial relationships between specific differential phase and lightning flash origins
Andrew McNeel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. D. Carey and V. Chandrasekar

 
P1.13
Observations of Jupiter's Magnetosheath with the Galileo Plasma Instrumentation
Moogega Cooper, Hampton University Center for Atmpspheric Sciences, Hampton, VA; and W. R. Patterson

 
P1.14
More Accurate MOS Temperature Forecasts Using Bias Correction and Consensus
Sean Allen Hribal, NWC REU, Scottdale, PA

 
P1.15
METCRAX- The Meteor Crater Experiment: An upcoming Study of Cold Air Pools and Seiches in Arizona's Meteor Crater
Maura Hahnenberger, Meteorology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman, A. Muschinski, S. Zhong, and D. C. Fritts

 
P1.16
Mesaba Airlines supplemental PIREP program
Patrick Boylan, NCAR, Boulder, 80307, CO

 
P1.17
Measuring the effects of the 1997 El Nino/1998 La Nina events on Antarctic cyclones through the analysis of satellite imagery
Rebecca Wolf, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 
P1.18
LEADS™ in Education
James McGrath, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen

 
P1.19
Large Water Droplets at Cloud Top of Clouds Producing Freezing Drizzle
Jennifer Simard, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, M. Politovich, and B. Bernstein

 
P1.20
Kinetic energy efficiencies of an idealized developing tropical cyclone
Daniel P. Stern, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and D. S. Nolan

 
P1.21
Investigating airflow effects on the accuracy of cloud particle measurement
Olusegun Goyea, NCAR, New York, NY; and D. Rogers and T. Horst

 
P1.22
Hurricane Katrina: historic disaster, national tragedy
Eric M. Holthaus, Columbia University Earth Institute, New York, NY

 
P1.23
Hurricane intensity and motion – an educational applet
Melissa Ann Yesalusky, Hampton University/CAS, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith, C. Velden, A. Levine, and R. Gird

 
P1.24
Harmonic and nonlinear function analysis of tree response to meteorological forcings
Bryan Woods, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and A. Johnson, R. Steward, and R. L. N. Mandock

 
P1.25
Hail Warning Decision Guidance
Michelle Harrold, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. T. Schlatter, G. J. Stumpf, and J. LaDue

 
P1.26
Forecasting and Adaptive Observing Issues in Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones
David E. Kofron, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

 
P1.27
Examining Climate Influences and Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms in Massachusetts: 1993 and 2005
Nicole Ngo, NCAR, Irvine, CA

 
P1.28
Establishment and instrumentation of the Kessler Farm Field Laboratory piconet
Julie A. Phillipson, NSF, Lakewood, CO; and P. B. Chilson

 
P1.29
Enhancing access to climate model metadata via a web-accessible database
Alisha R. Fernandez, NCAR, Boulder, CO

 
P1.30
Creating a software tool to reuse existing decoders
Shanna-Shaye Sashai Forbes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

 
P1.31
Climatology of the Supercell Composite Parameter (1979 – 2004)
Bryan T. Smith, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and G. W. Carbin, R. L. Thompson, and J. Hart

 
P1.32
Climate Variability and Cold-Season Energy Budgeting
Brian V. Smoliak, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 
P1.33
Chi Epsilon Pi Meteorology Honor Society
Kristen M. Connolly, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and C. Oldis

 
P1.34
CALIPSO-measurement of clouds
Sydney Dianne Paul, Hampton, VA; and M. P. McCormick

 
P1.35
Aviation Weather – Educating for the Glass Cockpit
Scott R. Winter, Minnesota State Univ., Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen

 
P1.36
Assessing the Impact of Climate Factors on Dengue Transmissions in Puerto Rico
Julien Wang, NCAR, Baltimore, MD

 
P1.37
Analysis of solar backscatter in the ultraviolet ozone measurements
Kristofer B. Macklin, NOAA, 23661 Hampton, VA; and J. Anderson

 
P1.38
Analysis of decadal surface heating trends using Oklahoma Mesonet data
Scott E. Stevens, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and B. G. Illston and J. Basara

 
P1.39
An Investigation of New York State Finger Lakes Snow Band Events
Ryan Sobash, Penn State Univ., State College, PA; and H. Carr and N. Laird

 
P1.40
Advances in Technology Give Challenges to Modern Day Storm Chasing
Joshua J. Jans, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen

 
P1.41
A record of intense New England hurricanes preserved in kettle ponds near Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Phil Lane, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Donnelly and J. Tierney

 
P1.42
A global analysis of atmospheric refractivity anomalies
Erick J. Adame, University at Albany, Albany, NY

 
P1.43
A flash flood risk assessment of the Colorado
Braxton Lee Edwards, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

 
P1.44
A dual-Doppler analysis of a narrow cold frontal rainband in central Pennsylvania
Anthony Chipriano, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and T. Kovich, V. Sankovich, J. Scollins, E. Wanenchak, N. Johnson, K. Altmann, and B. Nicol

 
P1.45
3D Visualization of modeled hurricane forecasts and their impacts at landfall
Quentin J. Hallenbeck, NASA, Hampton, VA; and J. Gleason, C. L. Parren, A. I. Miles, G. R. Shaw, S. M. Parker, E. M. Dale, R. A. Ferrare, R. Atlas, and J. Terry


Optional Student Tours and Informational Dialogue with Speakers
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