Third Symposium on Environmental Applications (Expanded View)

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Saturday, 12 January 2002
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, the The Atlas Symposium, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
Sunday, 13 January 2002
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, the The Atlas Symposium, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
9:00 AM, Sunday
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
 
Monday, 14 January 2002
12:00 AM, Monday
Sessions end for the day (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
7:30 AM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 17 January (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, the The Atlas Symposium, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
9:00 AM, Monday
Welcoming Remarks
 
9:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday
Joint Session 2 Weather Derivatives & Weather Risk Management (Joint with 3rd Symposium on Environmental Applications and the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences)
Organizer: Robert S. Dischel, Weather Market Observer, New York, NY
9:30 AMJ2.1The ideal meteorologist  
Ravi V. Nathan, Aquila Inc., Kansas City, MO
10:00 AMJ2.2Forecasting for profits  extended abstract
Frank M. Caifa, Swiss RE New Markets, New York, NY
10:30 AMCoffee Break in Poster Session Room  
11:00 AMJ2.3Help Wanted: Meteorologists to fix drought in precipitation contracts  extended abstract
Robert S. Dischel, Weather Market Observer, New York, NY
11:15 AMJ2.4Skillful seasonal degree-day forecasts and their utility in the weather derivatives market  extended abstract
Jeffrey A. Shorter, Weather Services International, Corp., Billerica, MA; and T. M. Crawford, R. J. Boucher, and J. P. Burbridge
11:30 AMJ2.5Can a Meteorologist Beat the Weather Market?  
Lee E. Branscome, Environmental Dynamics Research, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL
11:45 AMJ2.6Weather Risk Assessment at the Dawn of Ensemble Numerical Weather Prediction  extended abstract
John L. Keller, Applied Insurance Research, Inc., Boston, MA
 
12:00 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-4:15 PM, Monday
Joint Session 4 Climate and Weather Services for Weather Risk Management (Joint with 3rd Symposium on Environmental Applications and the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences)
Organizer: Robert Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PMJ4.0aBenefits and Costs of Weather and Climate Services  
John W. Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2:00 PMJ4.1Weather risk management challenges and NWS climate and observing system solutions  
Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
2:30 PMJ4.2NOAA's surface weather observing networks  
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and W. M. Faas
3:00 PMCoffee Break in Poster Session Room  
3:30 PMJ4.3United States Climate Normals for the 1971–2000 Period: Product Descriptions and Applications  extended abstract
Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. Whitehurst
3:45 PMJ4.4Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Modernization  
Andrew H. Horvitz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Leffler
J4.5Paper moved to the 18th Conference on IIPS, Poster Session P1, New paper Number P1.28  
3:58 PMJ4.6Paper moved to Session 5, new paper number 5.8A  
3:59 PMJ4.7Structuring climate services through stakeholder-driven assessment  
Barbara J. Morehouse, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, Tucson, AZ; and G. M. Garfin, M. Vasquez Leon, H. Hartmann, T. Pagano, K. Kolivras, F. Ni, T. Finan, D. M. Liverman, A. Comrie, R. Bales, S. Sorooshian, M. K. Hughes, J. T. Overpeck, D. Austin, and D. Hadley
 
4:15 PM-5:45 PM, Monday
Session 1 Climate Services: Lessons for Research and Design
Organizer: Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD
4:15 PM1.0test  
Jeff Cavanaugh, Test, Cumberland, RI
4:30 PM1.1Basic Issues in moving between research and practice: the OGP and other experiences  
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and J. M. Hall
4:45 PM1.2Toward the Development of New NOAA Climate Services: Lessons from Research at the Climate Diagnostics Center on Science-Societal Interactions  
Randall Dole, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO
5:00 PM1.3Regional Climate Services: Research perspectives and mechanisms for communication  
Jonathan T. Overpeck, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. K. Avery and B. J. Morehouse
5:15 PM1.4A Regional Climate Services Core for the Western United States: An organizational perspective  extended abstract
Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV
5:30 PM1.5Scales of science and knowledge interactions: The 2001 drought and longer-term changes in the Pacific Northwest  
Edward L. Miles, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
Tuesday, 15 January 2002
8:30 AM-3:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 2 Air Quality (Cosponsored by the AMS Board on Private Sector Meteorology)
Organizer: Maria Pirone, WSI Corp., Billerica, MA
8:30 AM2.1Meteorological Assistance in Air Management: Present and Future  
Gale Hoffnagle, TRC Environmental Corporation, Windsor, CT
8:45 AM2.2Progress in Regulatory Air Pollution Meteorology—A State's Air Program Perspective  extended abstract
Thomas G. Rogers, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL
9:00 AM2.3Monitoring Changes in the Wind  extended abstract
Tammy Eagan, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL
9:15 AM2.4Using Real-Time and Forecast Air Quality Data to Inform the Public  
Richard A. Wayland, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
9:30 AM2.5AirAlert: An Air Quality Notification System for Real-time Data and Forecasts in Sacramento, CA  
Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and C. B. Anderson and K. B. Shearer
9:45 AM2.6Operational Air Quality Forecasting in Atlantic Canada: An Overview  extended abstract
Michael C. Howe, MSC, Fredericton, NB, Canada; and C. Cote and D. Waugh
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM2.7Application of RAMS/UAM system to air pollution episodes in the West Midlands, UK, during the PUMA campaign  extended abstract
Xiaoming Cai, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and G. R. McGregor, S. Baggott, and R. M. Harrison
10:45 AM2.8Diurnal cycles of lower-tropospheric wind shear durint TexAQS-2000  
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
11:00 AM2.9A daily trend of pollutant concentrations referred to as the representative day  
T. Tirabassi, ISAO-CNR, Bologna, Italy
11:15 AM2.10Long-range Transport of African Mineral Aerosols to the Southeastern United States: Impact on the Environment of the Southeastern United States  
Joseph M. Prospero, RSMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL
11:30 AM2.11Air Quality and Wildland Fire  
Scott L. Goodrick, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL
11:45 AM2.12The impact of wildfires on Central Florida's tourism industry  
Danielle Courtenay, Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Orlando, FL
12:00 PMGrand Poster Luncheon  
2:00 PM2.13Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen as a Contributor to Coastal Eutrophication: How Far Away it Comes  
Robin L. Dennis, NOAA-ARL / USEPA-ORD NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC
2:15 PMPanel Discussion on Air Quality  
 
3:00 PM-7:30 PM, Tuesday
Exhibit Hours (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
3:30 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 3 Water Quality (Cosponsored by the AMS Board on Private Sector Meteorology)
Organizer: Jimmie Smith, MeteoQuest, Inc., Bedford, NH
4:00 PM3.1Climate, Water Quality and Health  
Joan B. Rose, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
4:15 PM3.2History of Florida Droughts: An Emergency Management Perspective  
Andrew Devanas, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Tallahassee, FL
4:30 PM3.3Impacts of fresh water diversions and concentrate discharge from a seawater desalination facility on water quality in Tampa Bay, Florida  
Mark E. Luther, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
4:45 PM3.4Nutrient Fractionation in South Florida and implications for coastal waters and ecosystem restoration  
Larry E. Brand, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL
5:00 PMPanel Discussion on Water Quality  
 
5:30 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day
 
Wednesday, 16 January 2002
8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday
President's Symposium
 
9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
 
10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
President's Symposium (Continued)
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday
Session 4 Weather Hazard Assessments
Organizer: Lee Branscome, Environmental Dynamics Research, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
1:30 PM4.1The Fujita Scale: It's Abuse and the Cure  
Daniel McCarthy, NOAA/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. Schaefer
1:45 PM4.2The Robustness of Tornado Hazard Estimates  extended abstract
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. S. Schneider and M. P. Kay
2:00 PM4.3Fire Danger Assessment in Florida  
Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and C. H. Paxton
2:15 PM4.4Forecasting aircraft icing in complex terrain  extended abstract
Rebecca J. Stanley, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. P. Koermer, C. C. Ryerson, I. Gotchel, G. R. Brooks, C. E. Wallace, and D. Knapp
2:30 PM4.5Facilitating the use of environmental information for space launch decisions  extended abstract
Billie F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Air Force, Patrick Air Force Base, FL; and D. E. Harms, M. S. Christie, D. J. Beberwyk, and J. W. Weems
2:45 PM4.6Integrating Weather Information into an Integrated Transportation Management System  extended abstract
David R. Legates, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. J. Leathers, J. H. Talley, T. L. DeLiberty, G. S. Donaldson, K. R. Nixon, A. P. Janke, and G. E. Quelch
 
3:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibit Hours (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
3:00 PM, Wednesday
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 5 Energy Applications
Organizer: Nick Keener, Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC
3:30 PM5.1Developing improved tools for electric utility peak load forecasting  extended abstract
David J. Sailor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; and P. B. Breslow
3:45 PM5.2Re-Mapping of the wind energy resource in the Midwestern United States  
Marc Schwartz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and D. Elliott
4:00 PM5.3The use of climate data sets for wind energy resource mapping  
Dennis L. Elliott, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. N. Schwartz
4:15 PM5.4Predicting the wind energy resource in the offshore seas of Europe  extended abstract
J. P. Palutikof, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; and J. A. Halliday, G. M. Watson, T. Holt, R. J. Barthelmie, J. P. Coelingh, L. Folkerts, and J. W. Cleijne
4:30 PM5.5Using environmental data to attract development: the Oklahoma Wind Power Assessment Initiative  extended abstract
Timothy W. Hughes, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Shafer, T. Simonsen, J. Traurig, N. Mirsky, S. J. Stadler, and P. G. Earls
4:45 PM5.6Overview of the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) Project: An Innovative Web-based Data Set for the Renewable Energy Industry  
Roberta C. DiPasquale, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and D. E. Brown, W. S. Chandler, C. H. Whitlock, and P. W. Stackhouse
5:00 PM5.7Development of an Architectural Data Set from Satellite Data  
Charles H. Whitlock, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and D. E. Brown, W. S. Chandler, R. C. DiPasquale, and P. W. Stackhouse
5:14 PM5.8Paper moved to the 18th Conference on IIPS, Poster Session P1, new paper number P1.27  
5:15 PM5.8aCoupling of mesoscale weather models to business operations in utilizing visual data fusion  extended abstract
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
 
5:30 PM, Wednesday
Sessions end for the day
 
6:00 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar)
 
Thursday, 17 January 2002
8:30 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Session 6 Applications in Health, Agriculture, and Forestry
Organizer: Nick Keener, Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC
8:30 AM6.1Climate change impacts on Florida: The potential consequences of climate variability and change on human health  
Arturo E. Rodriguez, Barry University, Miami, FL
8:45 AM6.2Modeling inactivation of B. anthracis by ultraviolet radiation, part I: data and analysis  extended abstract
Stephanie L. Seely, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. M. Shuford
9:00 AM6.3Modeling inactivation of B. anthracis by ultraviolet radiation, part II: application to environmental scenarios  extended abstract
Stephanie L. Seely, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. M. Shuford
6.4Modeling the inactivation of B. anthracis by ultraviolet radiation, Part III: SLAM transport model case studies  
Mark Kienzle, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; and S. L. Seely
9:14 AM6.5PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MAXIMUM OF THE NUNBER OF ASTHMA ATTACKS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF BITOLA-MACEDONIA  
Blagojce Mickovski IV, CNRM, Bitola, Macedonia; and Z. Nakeski
9:29 AM6.6The effect of regional climate variability on outbreak of epidemics of bartonellosis in Peru  extended abstract
Jiayu Zhou, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and W. K. -. M. Lau, L. W. Laughlin, P. M. Masuoka, R. C. Andre, and J. Chamberlain
9:44 AM6.7A comparison of the Stedman's Heat Index and the WBGT Index  extended abstract
Steven D. Hacker, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. R. Smith
9:59 AMCoffee Break in Poster Session Room  
10:29 AM6.8Clinical trials for a new Canadian wind chill program  extended abstract
Pierre Tourigny, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Shaykewich
10:44 AM6.9The linkage of regional climate models to crop models  extended abstract
Deborah E. Hanley, COAPS, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. Jagtap, T. E. LaRow, J. W. Jones, S. Cocke, D. Zierden, and J. J. O'Brien
10:59 AM6.10Assessing the impact of variability on wheat yields by using crop simulation models and weather generators conditioned on El Niño phases. A case study for Chile’s agricultural central valley  
Francisco J. Meza, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and D. S. Wilks and S. J. Riha
11:14 AM6.11Integration of Weather and Climate Information into a Decision Making System for Citrus [DISC] through FAWN  
J. David Martsolf, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
11:29 AM6.12Monitoring the effects of extreme climate disturbances on forest health in the northeast U.S  extended abstract
Allan N. D. Auclair, RAND Environment, Arlington, VA; and W. E. Heilman and P. Busalacchi
11:44 AM6.13Climate conditions favoring the maintenance of the central U.S. tall grass prairie  
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and S. A. Changnon
11:59 AMLunch Break  
 
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Thursday
Joint Session 9 Applications in Hydrology and Water Resource Management (Joint with the 16th Conference on Hydrology and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
Organizer: Nick Keener, Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC
1:30 PMJ9.1A comparison of recent large-scale floods in the north-central U.S.: climatology, impacts, mitigation, and the value of improved predictions  
Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL
J9.2A Reanalysis of the National Flood Loss Database  
Mary W. Downton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Z. B. Miller and R. A. Pielke
1:45 PMJ9.3A qualitative comparison between the temporal variation of streamflow index and solar flux level  
Phillip A. Zuzolo, Autometric Incorporated, A Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and A. M. Powell, B. J. Zuzolo, G. N. Greene, and S. G. Hoffert
2:00 PMJ9.4Agricultural water resources decision support system and evapotranspiration toolbox  extended abstract
Curtis L. Hartzell, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and L. A. Brower and S. Hansen
2:15 PMJ9.5A Simple Approach to Increasing Usefulness of Forecasts  
John D. Wiener, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2:30 PMJ9.6Application of a coupled atmospheric-hydrologic prediction system for hydropower operations  
Pascal Storck, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. J. Westrick, C. F. Mass, and W. Cheng
2:45 PMCoffee Break in Exhibit Hall  
3:14 PMExhibit Hours 3:00-6:15 p.m.  
3:15 PMJ9.7Use of Seasonal Climate Forecast for Water Resources Management in the Tennessee River  extended abstract
L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. S. Wigmosta and L. W. Vail
3:30 PMJ9.8Visual Flood Modeling of Dam Breaks  
Steven G. Hoffert, Autometric Incorporated, A Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and A. T. Perlik, P. A. Zuzolo, A. M. Powell, R. W. Kennedy, B. Zuzolo, M. L. Pearce, and G. N. Greene
3:45 PMJ9.9Intensive simulation periods (ISPs) to improve seasonal predictions of precipitation over south central Kansas and north central Oklahoma  
James R. Stalker, LANL, Los Alamos, NM
4:00 PMJ9.10Assessing the state of drought in the U.S  
Karin L. Gleason, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. R. Heim, S. E. Stephens, and J. H. Lawrimore
4:15 PMJ9.11The Development of a Drought Management Plan for Rhode Island: Including an Analysis of Local Drought Characteristics  extended abstract
Joseph W. Dellicarpini, NOAA/NWSFO, Taunton, MA; and D. R. Vallee and C. A. Farely
4:30 PMJ9.12A blueprint for the use of NOAA/CPC precipitation climate forecasts in agricultural applications  
Jeanne M. Schneider, USDA/ARS, El Reno, OK; and J. D. Garbrecht
4:45 PMJ9.13The Sierra Weather & Avalanche Center  extended abstract
Elizabeth J. Carter, Firnspiegel LLC, Kings Beach, California
 
3:00 PM-6:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibit Hours (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
 
5:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Event Begins
 
5:00 PM-6:15 PM, Thursday
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
5:15 PM, Thursday
Symposium Ends
 
6:30 PM-7:30 PM, Thursday
Event Presentation
 
7:30 PM, Thursday
9 Tropical Party
 

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