Session 2 |
| | Development and Applications of Warning Systems to Protect Human Health |
| | Organizers: Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; Robert Livezey, NOAA/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD
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| 3:30 PM | 2.1 | Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Human Health
Rosina M. Bierbaum, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC |
| 4:00 PM | 2.2 | Evaluation of heat/health watch-warning systems: implications for practical development and application
Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. S. Kalkstein |
| 4:15 PM | 2.3 | Observed Trends in Summertime Extreme Heat Events in the U.S. and China
Dian J. Gaffen, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Ross and J. X. L. Wang |
| 4:30 PM | 2.4 | The Showcase Projects on Heat/Health Warning Systems: International Collaboration Within the Climate Agenda
Paul D. Llanso, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland; and L. S. Kalkstein and S. C. Sheridan |
| 4:45 PM | 2.5 | Philadelphia action plan to mitigate heat related death and illness
Lawrence Robinson, Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA; and J. H. Libby |
| 5:00 PM | 2.6 | What really happened in Chicago in July, 1995?
Steven S. Whitman, Chicago Dept. of Public Health, Chicago, IL; and G. D. Good and N. D. Benbow |
| 5:15 PM | 2.7 | Estimating wet bulb globe temperature using standard meteorological measurements
Charles H. Hunter, Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC; and C. O. Minyard |