| Saturday, 8 February 2003 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Saturday
Conference Registration* (Joint between the 19th Conference on IIPS, the Impacts of Water Variability: Benefits and Challenges, the Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate, the 17TH Conference on Hydrology, the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, the 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, the 12th Symposium on Education, the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, the 7th Symposium on IOS: The Water Cycle, the 5th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Gases, Aerosols, and Clouds, the 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science, and the Symposium on the F-Scale and Severe-Weather Damage Assessment) |
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| Sunday, 9 February 2003 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 10 February 2003 |
| 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February) |
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| 9:00 AM-9:15 AM, Monday
Welcoming Remarks |
Organizer: Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
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| 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Monday
Session 1 Modifications to the Fujita Scale |
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| 10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room |
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| 10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Monday
Session 2 Winds, Damage, and F-Scale I |
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| 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday
Session 3 Damage, Winds, and F-Scale II |
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| 2:30 PM, Monday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 1 Fujita Scale and Related Topics |
| | P1.1 | The consistency of F-scale ratings 
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. L. Livingston |
| | P1.2 | Rating tornado damage: An exercise in subjectivity
Roger Edwards, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK |
| | P1.3 | Radar wind speed and housing damage during the F-5 tornado at Moore, Oklahoma
Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. Stumpf, J. Wurman, D. C. Dowell, Y. Richardson, and M. A. Magsig |
| | P1.4 | DOW Radar Measurements of Doppler Velocities in Tornadoes and Comparisons with Damage
Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Alexander |
| | P1.5 | An Assessment of the Variability in Operational Assignment of F-Scale Damage
Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS, Hastings, NE; and T. J. Shea |
| | P1.6 | The LaPlata, MD Tornado: Issues regarding the F-scale
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrolloton, TX |
| | P1.7 | INSPECT: A New Tool for Emergency and Consequence Management
Alfred M. Powell Jr., Boeing Autometric, Springfield, VA; and S. Hoffert, G. Greene, J. Miranda, R. Kennedy, P. A. Zuzolo, A. Sylvester, J. Hahn, and S. J. Lee |
| | P1.8 | A Discussion of the F-Scale of Tornadoes from Quasi-Linear Convective Systems
Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Trapp, H. E. Brooks, and S. A. Tessendorf |
| | P1.9 | JSU Meteorology Program PDAS RAP and the Microburst Study Project
Paul J. Croft, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and A. E. Gerard, K. Pence, J. M. Medlin, R. Schneider, M. Watts, K. Coleman, A. Robinson-Cook, and R. Smart |
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| 4:00 PM, Monday
Panel Discussion 1 Panel Discussion: Winds, Damage, F-Scale |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions End for the Day |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| Tuesday, 11 February 2003 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday
Session 4 Wind, Damage, and F-Scale III |
| 8:30 AM | 4.1 | On Issues of Tornado Damage Assessment and F-Scale Assignment in Agricultural Areas
Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS, Hastings, NE; and M. L. Moritz |
| 8:45 AM | 4.2 | Radar measurements of extreme winds in tornadoes and comparisons with observed damage
Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Burgess, D. C. Dowell, Y. Richardson, M. A. Magsig, and C. R. Alexander |
| 9:15 AM | 4.3 | A climatology of the Fujita scale in space and time
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Formal Poster Viewing With Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday
Session 5 Impacts and Implications of the F-Scale |
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| 11:30 AM, Tuesday
Panel Discussion 2 Panel Discussion: F-Scale Ramifications |
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| 12:15 PM, Tuesday
Symposium Ends |
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| 5:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC |
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| Wednesday, 12 February 2003 |
| 9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade |
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| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology |
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| 12:00 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM, Wednesday
Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson |
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| 1:30 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibit Hours: 1:30–7:30P.M. |
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| 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 13 February 2003 |
| 9:00 AM, Thursday
Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson |
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| 9:45 AM, Thursday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 1:30 PM-6:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibit Hours: 1:30–6:00P.M. |
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| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 6:00 PM, Thursday
Simpsons Banquet |
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| 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific |
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