1 Symposium on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita

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Sunday, 9 January 2000

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Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2000


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Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2000

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Conference Registration Continues through Friday, 14 January

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


Session 1
Invited Presentations
Host: Symposium on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita
Organizers: Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel; Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California
9:00 AM
1.1
Bow Echoes
Morrris Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO

9:45 AM
1.2
Mesoscale Analysis Techniques
Melvyn A. Shapiro, NCAR, Boulder, CO

10:30 AM
1.3
Surface Mesohighs and Mesolows
Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO

11:15 AM
1.4
Tornadoes and Photogrammetry
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and H. B. Bluestein

12:00 PM
1.5
Damage Surveys and F-Scale Assessments
James R. McDonald, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX

12:45 PM
1.6
Cloud Tracking with Satellite Imagery
W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI

1:30 PM
1.7
Microbursts, Downbursts, and Aviation Safety
James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

2:15 PM
1.0a
Introductory Remarks by Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

2:30 PM
1.1a
Coffee Break

3:00 PM
1.3a
Lunch Break

4:30 PM
1.5a
Coffee Break

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Location: Hall 4AB

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Fujita Banquet: Honored Guests - Sumiko Fujita and Kazuya Fujita: Keynote Address by Robert F. Abbey

Tuesday, 11 January 2000

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


Poster Session 1
Poster Session P1
Host: Symposium on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita
P1.1
Climatology of California Severe Weather: Population Bias or Geographic/Climatic Influences?
Steve E. LaDochy, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA; and J. N. Brown

P1.2
A tornado climatology of Wisconsin
Pamela Naber Knox, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and D. G. Norgord

P1.3
On the importance of post-event surveys in assessing tornado occurrences
Charles A. Doswell III, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf, D. A. Speheger, and M. Branick

P1.4
Doppler Radar Data Related to F-Scale for the May 3rd Oklahoma City Tornado
Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NEXRAD Operational Support Facility, Norman, OK; and M. A. Magsig

P1.5
A Comparison of WSR-88D Radar Velocity Signatures to Tornado Damage for the April 16, 1998 Tornado Outbreak in Middle Tennessee
Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and T. P. Marshall

P1.6
A New Look at the Super Outbreak of Tornadoes on 3-4 April 1974
John D. Locatelli, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. T. Stoelinga and P. V. Hobbs

P1.7
Computer Animations of Tornado Tracks, Radar Summaries, Synoptic Frontal Features and Model Simulations in the Super Tornado Outbreak of 3-4 April 1974
Mark Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. D. Locatelli and P. V. Hobbs

P1.8
An overview of RAMS tornado simulations
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

P1.9
Influences on the formation of a modeled tornado-like vortex
Brian J. Gaudet, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

P1.10
Axisymmetric Modelling of Tornado-Like Vortices with Adaptive Mesh Refinement
David S. Nolan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Almgren and J. B. Bell

P1.11
Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics associated with tornadoes on 15 May 1998
Gary R. Huffines, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and R. E. Orville

P1.12
Computerized Mesoanalysis of a Severe Sprite-Producing MCS
Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

P1.13
Ted Fujita’s ‘unsung’ contributions as a forensic meteorology consultant
William H. Haggard, Climatological Consulting Corp., Asheville, NC

P1.14
High wind-producing convective systems over the Northern High Plains
Brian A. Klimowski, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD; and J. Covert and M. R. Hjelmfelt

P1.15
Damaging Wind Gusts During the 10 November 1998 Squall Line over the Central US
Jeffrey Connors, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and D. Schultz

P1.16
An Evaluation of Two Microburst Prediction Indices and the Introduction of a New Index for Assessing Wet-Microburst Potential for the Central Florida Atlantic Coast in Support of the United States Space Program
Steven N. Dickerson, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and C. A. Miner and W. P. Roeder

P1.17
Early Microburst Simulations
Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

P1.18
Downburst at Parana: A numerical case study
Hallak Ricardo, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and T. Valentin da Costa

P1.19
The Super Outbreak, April 3-4, 1974: "Forecasting" the Event Using Today's Guidance
Daniel W. McCarthy, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain and M. Baldwin

P1.20
Detailed WSR-88D Observations of a Cool Season Tornadic Bow Echo Event on 11 February 1999 over the Mid-Mississippi Valley Region: A Unique Tornado Event
Ron W. Przybylinski, Weather Forecast Office, St. Charles, MO; and G. K. Schmocker

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


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Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m.)

10:30 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


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WALTER ORR ROBERTS LECTURE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Emerging Environmental Issues: A Global Perspective Speaker: R. E. (Ted) Munn, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

11:15 AM-11:15 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


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WMO PRESENTATION (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Meteorology and the Environment-The WMO Perspective Speaker: John W. Zillman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


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Conference Luncheon Speaker: D. James Baker, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Administrator for NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

2:10 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


Session 2
The May 3, 1999 Tornado Outbreak in Oklahoma and Kansas: What did we do well? What Have we Learned? What can we do better?
Host: Symposium on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita
2:10 PM
2.1
An Overview of the Event
Donald Burgess, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK

2:40 PM
2.2
The Forecasting Process
Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/SPC, Norman, OK

3:10 PM
2.3
The Warning Process
David L. Andra Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Norman, OK

3:40 PM
2.4
A TV Meteorologists' Perspective
Gary England, KWTV, Norman, OK

4:10 PM
2.5
An Emergency Managers' Perspective
Gayland Kitch, Emergency Preparedness Manager, Moore, OK

4:40 PM
2.6
Societal Impacts
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

5:10 PM
2.7
Storm Intercept and Mobile Radar Observations
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

5:40 PM
2.0a
Introductory Remarks with Session Overview
Morris Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO

5:45 PM
2.3a
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:00-7:00 p.m.)

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


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Symposium Ends

Wednesday, 12 January 2000

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6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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AMS Annual Awards Banquet
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