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Daily Weather Briefings
Monday–Thursday, 12–15 January, 12:30–1:00 P.M.; Room 121BC
The Phoenix area National Weather Forecast Office will provide the weather briefings for the 2009 AMS Annual Meeting. The 30-minute interactive briefings will be provided once each day, Monday–Thursday, at 12:30 P.M. The briefing will review the past day’s significant weather events in the United States and around the world, discuss major weather events coming in the next few days, and provide a short-range forecast for the local Phoenix area as well as forecasted weather events for the following 1–7 days throughout North America, including possible impacts on aviation. The briefings will utilize the increasing variety of observational tools available for analysis and forecast systems, as well as demonstrating the wide range of forecasting information posted on the Web by the education, research, and operational communities. This year the briefings will also include a Space Weather briefing by a representative of the NOAA Space Environment Center.
Fourth Annual Weather Video Preview Theater
Monday–Thursday, 21–24 January, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Room 231C
The Fourth Annual Weather Video Preview Theater will be yet another highlight at this year ’s Annual Meeting.
Continuous scheduled showings of a selection of exciting and educational DVDs on weather, storms, climate, and the environment provide an opportunity for educators and weather enthusiasts to preview the DVDs for use at home, in the classroom, in public outreach initiatives, and at AMS chapter meetings. Most DVDs will be available for purchase at the conference (AMS Resource Center) or online (www.sky-fire.tv). A portion of the proceeds will benefit AMS educational programs.
Relax for a while in the theater, a port in the conference storm, and watch some exciting videos about…storms! View the exploits of tornado and hurricane chasers during the 2008 (and prior) season. Get up close and personal with some truly amazing storms (without spending any gas money!). Going beyond An Inconvenient Truth, many excellent and provocative programs on global change issues will be premiered. This year the the weather theater will expand its horizons to include topics from space weather to fire storms, and investigate the societal impacts of the environment throughout history, including the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the Great Flood of ’93, the Hurricane of ’38, tornado superoutbreaks, the Kuwaiti oil fires, and even asteroid impacts. Selections from the AMS Journal series airing on ResearchChannel.com and iTUNES U illustrate the growing online library of AMS productions available free for members and the public. In addition, the story behind a major new community asset, the high flying HIAPER aircraft, will be debuted. But wait, there is more even more: DVD appearances of the aurora, red sprites and blue jets, blizzards, tsunamis, lightning bolts, volcanoes, and time-lapse clouds shot in stunning high-definition set to the music Ludwig van Beethoven himself.
For additional information, or to suggest DVDs for future consideration, please contact Walt Lyons, CCM (e-mail: walyons@frii.com).
Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Tuesday, 13 January, 12:00–1:30 p.m.; Room 229AB
A “Women in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences Luncheon” is scheduled for Tuesday, 13 January, 12:00–1:30 p.m., at the Phoenix Convention Center. The luncheon is an excellent opportunity to meet, interact, and network with women from many segments of the profession. There will also be a panel discussion accompanying the luncheon that will focus on some aspects of the “two-body problem,” that is, a subset of issues faced by dual-career couples. Women and men at all stages of their careers and from all aspects of the discipline are encouraged to participate. Lunch may be purchased on site; seating for 200 has been arranged.
For further information, please contact Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (e-mail: Leslie.M.Hartten@noaa.gov; tel: 303-497-7052), or Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (email: jsgaffney@ualr.edu; tel: 501-569-8840
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