Session 1 |
| | Natural hazard mitigation strategies |
| | Organizer: William H. Hooke, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD
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| 8:30 AM | 1.1 | Mitigation of Natural Disasters: WMO's Contributions to Societal Needs in the New Millennium
Godwin O. P. Obasi, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 9:00 AM | 1.2 | Collaborations Between Meteorologists and Emergency Managers: Hurricanes
Jerry D. Jarrell, NOAA/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL |
| 9:15 AM | 1.3 | Collaborations Between Meteorologists and Emergency Managers: Hurricanes
Lacy Suiter, FEMA, Washington, DC |
| 9:30 AM | 1.4 | Collaborations Between Meteorologists and Emergency Managers: The Oklahoma Tornado of 3 May 1999. Part 1: The Historical Foundation
Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. A. Morris |
| 9:45 AM | 1.5 | Collaborations Between Meteorologists and Emergency Managers: The Oklahoma Tornado of 3 May 1999. Part 2: Rural Applications of Modern Weather Information During a Disaster
Dale A. Morris, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Honigsberg, J. Lewis, and B. Springfield |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | 1.6 | Collaborations Between Meteorologists and Emergency Managers: Seasonal/Interannual
Ants Leetmaa, NOAA, Washington, DC |
| 10:45 AM | 1.7 | Collaborations Between Meteorologists and Emergency Managers: Seasonal/Interannual
Richard Andrews, EQE International, Oakland, CA |
| 11:00 AM | 1.8 | Panel Discussion: Trends in Hazard Mitigation. Robert Ryan, WRC-TV (Changing Private Sector Roles), Brent Woodworth, IBM Corp. (Business Recovery Systems), and Nancy Maynard, NASA (Links to Climate Change)
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| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | 1.9 | OK-FIRST: An Innovative Information-Support System for Public-Safety Agencies
Dale A. Morris, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford, H. L. Johnson, R. A. McPherson, M. A. Shafer, and J. M. Wolfinbarger |
| 1:45 PM | 1.10 | Applying Environmental Data to Aid Decision Making During Hazardous Weather Events
Kevin A. Kloesel, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford, R. A. McPherson, D. A. Morris, R. Jesuroga, and C. Subramaniam |
| 2:00 PM | 1.11 | An independent evaluation of the OK-FIRST decision-support system
Thomas E. James, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. O. Long and M. A. Shafer |
| 2:15 PM | 1.12 | Midwestern Ice Storms: Frequency, Amounts, and Associated Weather
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and R. Fisher |
| 2:30 PM | 1.13 | Distance criteria for safe operations when lightning is present
Tamara L. Parsons, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and G. R. Huffines and C. C. Cox |
| 2:45 PM | | Coffee Break
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