| Sunday, 21 May 2006 |
| 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 22 May 2006 |
| 7:00 AM, Monday
Conference Registration Continues Through Thurs 25 May |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| Tuesday, 23 May 2006 |
| 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Boardroom
Session 1 Human biometeorology: General weather response |
Organizer: Jill S. M. Coleman, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
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| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | The seasonal human mortality response to synoptic scale atmospheric circulation changes in the central United States
Jill S. M. Coleman, Ball State University, Muncie, IN |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | Observational study on the individual thermal sensations and their rerationship with past-to-present climate
Yuka Horie, Tokyo Metropolitain Univ., Hachioji, Japan; and K. Aoki, T. Izumi, and H. Matsuyama |
|  | 1.3 | The effect of air temperature and barometric pressure on nighttime and daytime ambulatory blood pressure
Marco Morabito, Univ. of Florence, Firenze, Italy; and L. Cecchi, S. Orlandini, P. A. Modesti, A. Crisci, and G. Panci |
| 9:30 AM | 1.4 | Health weather products and services provided by NOAA's National Weather Services
Jannie G. Ferrell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Stokols |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
COFFEE BREAK |
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| 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday, Boardroom
Session 2 Human biometeorology: The heat |
Organizer: Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
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| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | Medium Range Heat Health Forecasting 
Paul Becker, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Freiburg, Germany; and C. Koppe |
| 10:45 AM | 2.2 | Heat warnings: do people listen?
Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH |
| 11:00 AM | 2.3 | The feasibility of an evaporative cooler warning system for the U.S. Southwest
Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Marco Island, FL; and A. J. Kalkstein |
| 11:15 AM | 2.4 | A comparison of biometeorological comfort indices and human mortality during heat waves in the United States. 
Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and D. Knight, D. Hondula, and P. C. Knappenberger |
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| 1:45 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom
Joint Session 3 Scalar Transport, Chemistry and Diffusion (Joint between 17BLT and 17BioAero) |
Chair: Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft Netherlands
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| 1:45 PM | J3.1 | Turbulent transport of 222-Rn and its short-lived daughters in convective boundary layers
Jean-François Vinuesa, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy; and S. Galmarini |
| 2:00 PM | J3.2 | Transport and chemical transformations influenced by shallow cumulus over land
Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and S. W. Kim, M. C. Barth, and E. G. Patton |
| 2:15 PM | J3.3 | The Influence of PBL Parameterizations on the Distributions of Chemical Species in a Mesoscale Chemical Transport Model, WRF-Chem
Si-Wan Kim, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado & NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, CO; and S. A. McKeen, E. Y. Hsie, M. K. Trainer, G. J. Frost, G. A. Grell, and S. E. Peckham |
| 2:30 PM | J3.4 | Lagrangian modeling of dispersion in the stable boundary layer
Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Patton and P. P. Sullivan |
| 2:45 PM | J3.5 | Coupling Lagrangian surface layer and convective boundary layer models to describe aerial dispersal of particles released near the ground
Matthew T. Boehm, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. E. Aylor |
| 3:00 PM | J3.6 | Joint Observational Research on Nocturnal Atmospheric Dispersion of Aerosols: The JORNADA study
David R. Miller, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and A. L. Hiscox, C. J. Nappo, J. Wang, D. Zajic, Y. Yee, E. D. Creegan, R. M. Cionco, R. E. Dumais, and J. B. Ross |
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| 3:15 PM-3:45 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break |
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| 3:45 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Boardroom
Session 3 Biometeorology: Insects |
Organizer: John K. Westbrook, USDA/ARS, College Station, TX
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| 3:45 PM | 3.1 | Predicting West Nile Virus mosquito habitat using ecological theory
Christopher K. Uejio, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie |
| 4:00 PM | 3.2 | A temperature model for predicting the timing of increased risk of West Nile Virus
Kenneth Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and R. Novak, R. Lampman, and W. Gu |
| 4:15 PM | 3.3 | The Re-Invasion of Aedes aegypti in southern Arizona/northern Mexico
Mary H. Hayden, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO; and C. Uejio, C. R. Janes, and R. Moreno-Sanchez |
| 4:30 PM | 3.4 | Diurnal Temperature Cycles in Shallow water pools
A. F. G. Jacobs, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and K. P. Paaijmans and B. G. Heusinkveld |
| | 3.5 | Towards development of a decision-support system for tracking corn pest migration
Sheldon D. Drobot, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. Changnon |
| 4:45 PM | 3.6 | The influence of the nocturnal boundary layer on layers of insects.
Curtis R. Wood, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and J. Barlow, J. W. Chapman, P. Clark, D. R. Reynolds, and I. Woiwod |
| 5:00 PM | 3.7 | Aerobiology of predator and prey: bats and insects
John K. Westbrook, USDA/ARS, College Station, TX; and G. F. McCracken and T. H. Kunz |
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| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday
William D. Evans Sternwheeler Cruise Event |
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| Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday, Boardroom
Session 4 Aerobiology: Pollen and Spore Distribution |
Organizer: Katrina L. Frank, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
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| | 4.1 | Processes involved in the dispersal of maize pollen : some experimental results on the source behaviour and the settling speed variability
Laurent Huber, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Thiverval-Grignon, France; and B. Loubet, S. Saint-Jean, N. Jarosz, B. Durand, and X. Foueillassar |
| 8:30 AM | 4.2 | Atmospheric dispersion, pollen concentration and allergy prevention, Paris 2004
Michel Thibaudon, Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique, Saint Genis l’Argentière, France; and V. Roullot, J. C. Cohen, and J. M. Veysseire |
| 8:45 AM | 4.3 | A screening technique for pollen confinement methods
Brian J. Viner, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and A. S. Goggi, R. W. Arritt, M. E. Westgate, C. A. Clark, and E. S. Takle |
| | 4.4 | Modeling local to regional movement and dry deposition of grass stem rust urediniospores with CALPUFF
William Pfender, USDA - ARS NFSPRC, Corvallis, OR; and R. Graw, W. Bradley, M. Carney, and L. Maxwell |
| 9:00 AM | 4.5 | Modeling white pine blister rust hazard in the Interior Mountain West
Katrina L. Frank, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and B. W. Geils, H. Thistle, and L. S. Kalkstein |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Boardroom
Session 5 Aerobiology: Biosphere variability and techniques |
Organizer: Kathleen V. Schreiber, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA
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| | 5.1 | Response of wheat canopy photosyntthesis to leaf rust: a biophysical modelling approach
Olivier Bethenod, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Thiverval-Grignon, France; and L. Huber, M. Le Corre, and I. Sache |
| 1:30 PM | 5.2 | Precipitation and Dew in Soybean Canopies: An “In-Depth” Look at the Differences in Wetness with Canopy Height
Hans Schmitz, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Indiana; and R. H. Grant |
| 1:45 PM | 5.3 | Distribution of Diffuse UV-B Radiation in a Maize Canopy
Richard H. Grant, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Indiana; and W. Gao |
| 2:00 PM | 5.4 | An approach to monitoring and assessment of desertification using integrated geospatial technologies
Kathleen V. Schreiber, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA |
| 2:15 PM | 5.5 | Climate-Based Predictions of Forest Biodiversity using Smithsonian's Global Earth Observing Network
Marianne Karsh, Environment Canada, Downview, ON, Canada; and D. C. MacIver, A. Fenech, and H. Auld |
| 2:30 PM | 5.6 | Building histories of climate extremes at Canada's biosphere reserves 1935–2005
Adam Fenech, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Liu, B. R. Robin, Y. Yin, W. Gough, D. C. MacIver, H. Auld, and Z. Si |
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| 3:00 PM, Wednesday
Oral Sessions Adjourn |
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| 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday
Formal Poster Viewing and Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Joint Poster Session 3 Scalar Transport, Chemistry and Diffusion (Joint between 17BLT and 17BioAero) |
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| 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Poster Session 1 Poster session: Biometeorology and Aerobiology |
Organizer: Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
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| | P1.1 | Results of mesoscale meteorological model simulations of topography effects on Mountain Pine Beetle (dendroctonus ponderosae) transport and dispersion
Brenda L. Moore, Univ. of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and P. L. Jackson |
| | P1.2 | Response of some phenological garden species to inter-annual weather variability
Donatella Spano, Univ. of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and C. Cesaraccio, P. Duce, L. Botarelli, W. Pratizzoli, and V. Sacchetti |
| | P1.3 | Meteorological pattern and airborne pollen concentration trends in the Mediterranean region
Grazia Pellizzaro, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and A. Canu, B. Arca, C. Cesaraccio, and A. Vargiu |
| | P1.4 | Improvement of chilling and forcing model to predict bud-burst
Carla Cesaraccio, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano, R. L. Snyder, P. Duce, and H. Jones |
| | P1.5 | Flowering phenology of olive trees (Olea europea L.) in North Sardinia (Italy) and its relationships with airborne pollen pattern
Annalisa Canu, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and G. Pellizzaro, C. Cesaraccio, C. Sirca, and A. Vargiu |
| | P1.6 | A detailed description of flowering stages in olive tree in relation to side tree crown exposure
Carla Cesaraccio, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and A. Canu, G. Pellizzaro, and C. Sirca |
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| 7:00 PM, Wednesday
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS |
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