Session 9 |
| | Climate and Climate Impact Indices (Parallel with Joint Session J3) |
| | Organizer: Peter Robinson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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| 10:40 AM | 9.1 | Development of an index to monitor national extreme weather-climate impacts in the United States
Stanley A. Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL; and G. J. D. Hewings |
| 11:00 AM | 9.2 | An estimate of the comprehensive impact of natural disasters
Xiefei Zhi, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany |
| 11:20 AM | 9.3 | Application of Hourly Temperature-Heat Index as a Measure of Heat Stress
Katherine R. Summers, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. E. Stooksbury |
| 11:40 AM | 9.4 | Comparison of recently published wind chill scales
Robert G. Quayle, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. L. Nicodemus, R. W. Schwerdt, M. Matthews, and L. S. Kalkstein |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch
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| 1:00 PM | 9.5 | Panel Discussion on Wind Chill Indices
Robert G. Quayle, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC |