Session 9 Climate and Climate Impact Indices (Parallel with Joint Session J3)

Thursday, 11 May 2000: 10:40 AM-1:30 PM
Host: 12th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer:
Peter Robinson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Papers:
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
9.5
Panel Discussion on Wind Chill Indices
Robert G. Quayle, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC

12:30 PM
9.4x
Lunch

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