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Named Symposiums
The Timothy R. Oke Symposium
Monday, 12 January, 10:45 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Room 124A
The Oke Symposium is an event organized to celebrate the contributions of Professor T.R. Oke to the field of urban climatology and meteorology. Professor Oke has been a visionary leader in urban climatology and meteorology for four decades, during which time he has helped to foster the emergence and maturation of the scientific study of urban atmospheres. The theme of the symposium is “Contributions to Urban Meteorology and Climatology by Professor T.R. Oke”. The symposium will include both invited and solicited contributions, with a particular focus on the urban climate system, urban energy balance and urban heat islands.
The Oke Symposium will be held at the 2009 AMS Annual Meeting, which has the theme of “Urban Weather and Climate: Now and the Future.” The Oke Symposium will be organized in conjunction with the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the AMS Board on the Urban Environment. Authors planning to submit abstracts in these topic areas should follow the instructions in the call for the Eight Symposium on the Urban Environment and should indicate that their presentation is to be considered for the Joint Sessions with the Oke Symposium.
A luncheon in Tim Oke’s honor will be held on Monday, 12 January. The Oke luncheon ticket is not included in the conference registration package and must be purchased separately. Attendees may purchase tickets when registering, both before the conference and on site at the registration desk.
For more information, contact the organizing committee: James Voogt (tel: 519-661-2111x85018; email javoogt@uwo.ca), Hans Peter Schmid (tel ++49-(0)8821 183100 email: HaPe.Schmid@imk.fzk.de)
Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by the revised date of 8 August 2008 (refer to the AMS Web page at http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/online_submit.html.) An abstract fee of $90 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted).
Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) by late-September 2008. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web, Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3MB) must be submitted electronically by 7 January 2009. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost. (2/08; r4/08; r9/08)
The Anthony J. Hollingsworth Symposium
Thursday, 15 January, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Room 131C
The Hollingsworth Symposium, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, will be held on 15 January 2009, as part of the 89th AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Hotel information will be posted to the AMS Web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/) in the spring; registration and general information will be posted starting over the summer; and the preliminary programs will be posted in late-September 2008.
The Hollingsworth Symposium is an event organized to celebrate the contributions of Dr. Anthony Hollingsworth (1943–2007) to the field of forecasting and data assimilation. Dr. Hollingsworth has made important contributions to the identification of serious systematic model errors as a major component of the total error of the ECMWF’s first forecasts. This work set the agenda; it provided the tools and even set the style for modeling work for the whole of the 1980s. He also made important contributions to the study of the errors of the observing system and of short-range forecasts. This provided tools, which are in use today, to monitor the performance of the observing system and the basis for the improvement of data analysis and data assimilation, thereby increasing the accuracy of initial conditions
The theme of the symposium is “Contributions to Numerical Weather Prediction by Dr. Anthony Hollingsworth”. The symposium will consist of invited oral presentations and solicited poster presentations, with a particular focus on historical and modern numerical weather prediction. The Hollingsworth Symposium will be held in conjunction with the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the Committee on Climate Variability and Change and the Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting. A luncheon in Tony Hollingsworth’s honor will be held on Thursday 15 January. The Hollingsworth luncheon ticket is not included in the conference registration package and must be purchased separately. We encourage you to purchase tickets when preregistering, since a limited number will be available on-site.
Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by the revised date 8 August 2008 (refer to the AMS Web page at http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/online_submit.html.) An abstract fee of $90 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted).
Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) by late-September 2008. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web, Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be posted on the AMS Web site. Manuscripts (up to 3MB) must be submitted electronically by 7 January 2009. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost.
For more information, contact the organizing committee: Jerry Potter (email jpotter@ucdavis.edu), David Burridge (email: d.m.burridge@btinternet.com) , or Peter Neilley (tel: 978-983-6554; e-mail: pneilley@wsi.com) (2/08; r9/08)
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