The 13th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology

8:40 AM JOINT SESSION J1: WEATHER DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (Joint with 23rd Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology)

WED 4 NOV___________________________

8:00 AM SESSION 9B: HEAT AND HUMAN HEALTH 1 (Joint with Second Urban Environment Symposium)
Chairpersons: Karen Smoyer, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
10:30 AM SESSION 10B: HEAT AND HUMAN HEALTH 2 (Joint with Second Urban Environment Symposium)
Chairpersons: Larry Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE

FRI 6 NOV___________________________

8:00 AM SESSION 1: GENERAL BIOMETEOROLOGY
Chairpersons: Dennis Driscoll, Texas A & M Univ., College Station,TX
8:10 AM 1.1 THE MORTALITY/CLIMATE STUDY OF THE DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST. Gerd Jendritzky, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Freiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany; and K. Bucher, F. Bendisch, and H. Walther
8:30 AM 1.2 A MODELING STUDY OF REGIONAL SCALE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION OF MERCURY. Xiaohong Xu, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT ; and X. Yang, D. Miller, and J. Helble
8:50 AM 1.3 DIURNAL TEMPERATURE VARIATION IN A SHALLOW WATER POOL. Adrie F. G. Jacobs, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., Wageningen, The Netherlands; and B. G. Heusinkveld and J. P. Nieveen
9:10 AM 1.4 SAMPLING THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AEROBIOLOGICAL TRANSLATION LAYER IN LEON (SPAIN). Paul Comtois, Univ. of Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and S. Rodier, R. Valencia, D. Fernandez, J. L. Sanchez, and R. Fraile
9:30 AM POSTER SESSION P1: BIOMETEOROLOGY & AEROBIOLOGY
P1.1 ON THE MODELLING OF THE SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLE DIURNAL CYCLES BY COMBINED "FUZZY SETS AND NEURAL NETWORKS" APPROACH. Oleg M. Pokrovsky, Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
P1.2 BIOMETEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS GOVERNING LONG-DISTANCE SPREAD OF PLANT DISEASE BY ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT OF INOCULUM. Donald E. Aylor, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT
P1.3 MONITORING LOCUST MIGRATORY FLIGHT WITH RADAR- AN AUSTRALIAN FIELD STUDY. V. A. Drake, Univ. of New South Wales, Canberra, A.C.T, Australia; and I. T. Harman and D. M. Hunter
P1.4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND AIRBORNE POLLEN CONCENTRATIONS IN THE CITY OF CARTAGENA (SPAIN). Stella Moreno-Grau, Univ. of Murcia, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain; and J. M. Angosto, B. Elvira-Rendueles, J. Bayo, J. M. Moreno, and J. Moreno-Clavel
P1.5 USING HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS TO ADJUST THE FEDERAL QUARANTINE OF THE PINE SHOOT BEETLE. Robert A. Haack, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and T. M. Poland and W. E. Heilman
P1.6 CARBON DIOXIDE PLUME DISTRIBUTION- IMPLICATIONS FOR HOST LOCATION IN TSETSE. Gabriela E. Zollner, Natural Resources Inst., Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK; and S. J. Torr, C. Ammann, and F. X. Meixner
P1.7 A PHENOLOGICAL MODEL TO PREDICT THE TIME OF MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF OLIVE AIRBORNE POLLEN IN THE AIR. Annalisa Canu, CNR Istituto per il Monitoraggio degli Agroecosistemi, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy; and G. Pellizzaro, G. Nieddu, and C. Sirca
P1.8 TEMPERATURE AND HEART ATTACK DEATHS IN CANADIAN CITIES. David B. Frost, Concordia Univ., Montreal, PQ, Canada; and M. Kaviani and C. M. Forest
9:30 AM COFFEE BREAK and Poster Session P1 Formal Viewing
10:10 AM SESSION 2: AEROBIOLOGY OF INANIMATE ORGANISMS
Chairpersons: Gary Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
10:10 AM 2.1 A CLIMATIC ASSESSMENT OF INTERANNUAL AND INTRAANNUAL VARIATIONS IN DENGUE INCIDENCE IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. Kathleen V. Schreiber, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA
10:50 AM 2.2 AEROBIOLOGY AND BIOMETEOROLOGY OF BASIDIOSPORES AND ASCOSPORES. Estelle Levetin, Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; and C. Rogers, C. Beasly, and M. Sterling
10:50 AM 2.3 FORECASTING LONG-DISTANCE MOVEMENT OF PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGAL SPORES AND MANAGING EPIDEMIC SPREAD. Charles E. Main, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Z. T. Keever and J. M. Davis
11:10 AM 2.4 FORECASTING LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF MOUNTAIN CEDAR POLLEN. Estelle Levetin, Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; and C. Rogers and C. E. Main
11:30 AM LUNCH BREAK
1:00 PM SESSION 3: AEROBIOLOGY OF ANIMATE ORGANISMS 1
Chairpersons: Estelle Levetin, Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1:00 PM 3.1 DISPERSAL OVER SHORT DISTANCES (THAT IS, LESS THAN 5.0 KM) BY SMALL INSECTS. David N. Byrne, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1:20 PM 3.2 THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER ON INTERFIELD AND REGIONAL MOVEMENT OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM. Scott A. Isard, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. L. Spencer, E. Levine, and D. W. Onstad
1:40 PM 3.3 USING PHENOLOGY TO DETECT DISPERSAL OF STABLE FLIES IN WESTERN KANSAS. Carl J. Jones, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. A. Hogsette, S. A. Isard, Y. -J. Guo, . Greene, and A. B. Broce
2:00 PM BREAK
2:10 PM SESSION 3- CONTINUED
2:10 PM 3.4 CORN EARWORM MIGRATION TRAJECTORIES IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OBSERVED WITH AN INSECT MONITORING RADAR. V .A. Drake, Univ. of New South Wales, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia; and I. T. Harman, J. K. Westbrook, and W. W. Wolf
2:30 PM 3.5 MIGRATORY FLIGHTS OF BOLLWORMS, HELICOVERPA ZEA (BODDIE), INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR. John K. Westbrook, USDA, College Station, TX; and W. W. Wolf
2:50 PM SESSION 4: AEROBIOLOGY OF ANIMATE ORGANISMS II
Chairpersons: Scott Isard, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2:50 PM 4.1 CHARACTERIZING AND FORECASTING THE AERIAL FLOW OF BIOTA BETWEEN THE SUBTROPICAL AND INTERIOR REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. Stuart H. Gage, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI; and S. A. Isard
3:10 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:20 PM 4.2 FLIGHT ENERGETICS AND OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES FOR LONG-DISTANCE INSECT MIGRANTS. Robert Dudley, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
3:40 PM 4.3 A FRAMEWORK FOR STANDARDIZING FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS FOR SEPARATING BIOLOGY FROM METEOROLOGY IN LONG-RANGE INSECT TRANSPORT. Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Juliette, GA
4:00 PM 4.4 GRASSHOPPER MIGRATORY TENDENCY AS THRESHOLD TRAIT. Jack W. Kent, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and M. A. Rankin
4:20 PM 4.5 DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR LONG-TERM OUTDOOR RECORDING OF INSECT FLIGHT ACTIVITY USING A PHOTOSENSOR. Aubrey Moore, Northern Marianas College, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

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