Program: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology (Davis Meeting)

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Monday, 14 August 2000

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 14 August 2000

Conference Registration (Freeborn Hall, located on the UC Davis Campus)

Tuesday, 15 August 2000

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Conference Registration (Freeborn Hall, located on the UC Davis Campus)

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Joint Conference Introduction

Organizer: Opening Address: Robert J. Serafin, AMS President-Elect and UCAR

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Session 1

Scientfic Challenges in Aerobiology for the 21st Century

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

Organizer: Scott A. Isard, University of Illinois

9:30 AM

1.1

Aerobiology: no longer a hidden discipline

Paolo Mandrioli, CNR, Bologna, Italy

10:00 AM

1.2

Aerobiology, where are we and where are we going?: a Plant Pathologist's view

Alastair McCartney, Institute of Arable Crops Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

10:30 AM

1.3

Forecasting and visualization of atmospheric flows among North American ecological regions

Stuart H. Gage, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and M. Colunga and S. A. Isard

11:00 AM

1.4

Building statistical hypotheses from aerobiological data sets

Paul Comtois, University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

11:30 AM

1.5

Decision support systems for managing ecosystems impacted by aerobiota that move long distances

Scott A. Isard, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. H. Gage

12:00 PM

1.1a

Morning Coffee Break

12:30 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Lunch Break

2:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Session 2

Detection, Modelling, and Forecasting of Aerobiota

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

2:00 PM

2.1

Detecting airborne plant pathogenic fungal spores by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays

Alastair McCartney, Institute of Arable Crops Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; and C. Calderon, J. Freeman, and E. Ward

2:30 PM

2.2

Bio-aerosol dispersal from Hog operations: Modeling and Measurement

Richard H. Grant, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; and A. J. Heber, C. C. Wu, N. J. Zimmerman, P. Du, K. Fakhoury, T. T. Lim, and J. Q. Ni

2.3

Influence of rain and target characteristics on splash dispersal of fungal spores

3:30 PM

2.4

A Conceptual Framework for Connecting Biology with Meteorology in Predicting Atmospheric Transport of Biota

Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA

4:00 PM

2.5

Implementation of a regional wheat disease forecasting system

Leonard J. Francl, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

4:30 PM

2.2a

Afternoon Coffee Break

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Sessions end for the day

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 15 August 2000

Welcome Reception with Exhibits (Cash Bar)

Wednesday, 16 August 2000

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Conference Registration continues through Friday

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Poster Session 1

Aerobiology: Formal Viewing

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

P1.1

Long-range windborne migration of rice leaf roller, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in China

P1.2

Honeybees scavenge airborne bacteria from the atmosphere

Bruce Lighthart, Microbial Aerosol Research Laboratory LLC, Missoula, MT; and K. Prier, G. Loper, and J. Bromenshenk

P1.3

Mycospora: An interactive internet site for fungus spore identification

Beatriz Escamilla-Garcia, New York State Museum, Albany, NY; and J. H. Haines

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Session 3

Panel Discussion on the Technical Challenges in Aeroibology for the 21st Century

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

Organizers: Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa; John Westbrook, USDA-ARS

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Coffee Break

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Session 4

Aerobiology Curriculum Development

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

Organizer: Paul Comtois, University of Montreal

1:30 PM

4.1

Aerobiology teaching from a botanical perspective

Giuseppe Frenguelli, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

2:00 PM

4.2

Aerobiological teaching from a mycological perspective

Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

2:30 PM

4.3

Teaching aerobiology from an atmospheric science perspective

Paolo Mandrioli, CNR, Bologna, Italy

3:00 PM

4.4

Teaching aerobiology from a geographical perspective

Paul Comtois, University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

3:30 PM

4.5

The Potential of Distance Learning in Aerobiology

Scott A. Isard, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

4:00 PM

4.3a

Afternoon Coffee Break

3:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Exhibit Hours

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Sessions end for the day

Thursday, 17 August 2000

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Poster Session 2

Human Biometeorology: Formal Viewing of Poster Sessions P2 & P3

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

P2.1

Daily children's hospital admissions for asthma, air pollution and meteorological conditions in Montreal, Canada

David B. Frost, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and K. M. Deschamps

P2.2

Atmospheric risk factors of human mortality in Toronto, Ontario

P2.3

Outer influences of atmospherics conditions during fronts passing against free radicals

Olivija Todorovic, Republic Hydrometeorological Institute, Skopje, Macedonia; and L. Markovska, T. Cepreganova, A. Mitrevski, and M. Cepreganov

P2.4

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MAXIMUM OF THE NUMBER OF ASTHMA ATTACKS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF BITOLA-MACEDONIA

Blagojce Mickovski, NMO, Bitola, Macedonia

Poster Session 3

Vegetation Biometeorology: Formal Viewing of Poster Sessions P2 & P3

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

P3.1

Free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): effects on sorghum evapotranspiration under well-watered and water stressed irrigation treatment

Matthew M. Conley, USDA/ARS, Phoenix, AZ; and B. A. Kimball, D. J. Hunsaker, M. J. Ottman, G. W. Wall, P. J. Pinter, N. R. Adam, R. L. LaMorte, A. D. Matthias, T. L. Thompson, S. W. Leavitt, T. J. Brooks, A. B. Cousins, and J. M. Triggs

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Exhibit Hours

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Session 5

Human Biometeorology

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

10:30 AM

5.1

Comparison of Chicago heat deaths in the 1995 nad 1999 Midwestern US heat waves

Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. Palecki and S. A. Changnon

11:00 AM

5.2

Decadal shifts in summer weather/mortality relationships in the United States by region, demography, and cause of death

Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, W. M. Novicoff, and P. J. Michaels

5.3

Synoptic evaluation of the urban heat island in Philadelphia

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Session 6

Vegetation Biometeorology

Host: 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

1:30 PM

6.1

Dew deposition across a longitudinal sand dune with biological crusting, Negev desert, Israel

Adrie F.G. Jacobs, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. G. Heusinkveld and S. Berkowicz

2:00 PM

6.2

Effects of Short-Term Weather Events on Corn Yield

Steven E. Hollinger, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and T. P. Meyers

2:30 PM

6.3

Micrometeorological estimates of carbon exchange in an old-growth forest

Kyaw Tha Paw U, University of California, Davis, CA; and M. Falk, T. H. Suchanek, S. L. Ustin, T. C. Hsiao, R. H. Shaw, T. King, R. D. Pyles, A. A. Matista, and J. Chen

3:00 PM

6.4

The changing atmosphere, forest biodiversity and productivity in Ontario, Canada

Don C. MacIver, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and H. Auld

Exhibit Hours

3:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Conference Ends

5:15 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Reception/Exhibits (Cash Bar)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Thursday, 17 August 2000

Conference Banquet (Freeborn Hall)

Organizer: Banquet Speaker: Terrance R. Nathan, University of California, Davis, CA, Presentation Title: "Meteorological Aspects of the Lewis & Clark Expedition"

Friday, 18 August 2000

9:30 AM-1:30 PM: Friday, 18 August 2000

Exhibit Hours

3:00 PM-6:00 PM: Friday, 18 August 2000

Exhibit Hours

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