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
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| 9:30 AM | J2.1 | The ideal meteorologist
Ravi V. Nathan, Aquila Inc., Kansas City, MO |
| 10:00 AM | J2.2 | Forecasting for profits 
Frank M. Caifa, Swiss RE New Markets, New York, NY |
| 10:30 AM | | Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
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| 11:00 AM | J2.3 | Help Wanted: Meteorologists to fix drought in precipitation contracts
Robert S. Dischel, Weather Market Observer, New York, NY |
| 11:15 AM | J2.4 | Skillful seasonal degree-day forecasts and their utility in the weather derivatives market
Jeffrey A. Shorter, Weather Services International, Corp., Billerica, MA; and T. M. Crawford, R. J. Boucher, and J. P. Burbridge |
| 11:30 AM | J2.5 | Can a Meteorologist Beat the Weather Market?
Lee E. Branscome, Environmental Dynamics Research, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
| 11:45 AM | J2.6 | Weather Risk Assessment at the Dawn of Ensemble Numerical Weather Prediction
John L. Keller, Applied Insurance Research, Inc., Boston, MA |