AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
ASHEVILLE CHAPTER
UPCOMING EVENTS


UPCOMING EVENTS

Title of Next meeting is: NOAA's Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) Overview and Data Rescue Projects
TIME: 5:30 PM
Place: Room 400 - Federal Building, 151 Pattion Ave, Asheville, NC
Date: 14 June 2007


PAST EVENTS

Three talks on Climate Change hosted by the Asheville Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will be held at the Folk Art Center Auditorium 3-4:00pm.

Feb 15, March 22, and April 19

 

February 15, 2007 3-4:00

"Climate Change 101: a Primer on Understanding Climate Change”

by Thomas C. Peterson, PhD, a nationally known research meteorologist at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and a lead author on the U.S. Climate Change Science Panel Synthesis and Assessment Product on Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate.

 

 

March 22, 2007 3-4:00

“Abrupt Climate Change: a Paleo Perspective”

By David M. Anderson, PhD, a nationally known paleo-climatologist from Boulder, Colorado and 2006 recipient of Arthur Fleming Award for excellence in federal service will present his work in understanding future abrupt climate changes driven by the combined influence of natural variability and human influences.

 

 

 

April 19, 2007 3-4:00

“The U.S. Climate Change Science Program: the Latest Viewpoint”

By Thomas R. Karl, PhD, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center, and internationally renowned expert, will present the latest finding of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change.