Joint Session 2 |
| | Weather Derivatives and the Value of Forecasts(Joint with the Symposium on Impacts of Water Variability: Benefits and Challenges and 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations) |
| | Organizer: Jeff Shorter, Weather Services International, Billerica, MA
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| 8:30 AM | J2.1 | Assessing and quantifying the economic benefits of improved weather and climate forecasts
Rodney F. Weiher, NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC |
| 8:45 AM | J2.2 | Blending Climatology and Forecasts to Compete in the Weather Market
Jeff Shorter, WSI, Billerica, MA; and R. J. Boucher |
| 9:00 AM | J2.3 | National Climatic Data Center Quality Assurance Procedures for Temperature Data
Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC |
| 9:15 AM | J2.4 | The weather risk market: a growing consumer of climatology and seasonal forecasts
Robert S. Dischel, Weather Market Observer, New York, NY |
| 9:30 AM | J2.5 | What Are Weather Forecasts Worth?
Jeffrey K. Lazo, Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, CO |