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What's Happening on Wednesday, 12 January
Please see the Programs and Events page for a complete listing.
EIGHTH CONFERENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL (ASLI) WEDNESDAY–FRIDAY, 12–14 JANUARY, ROOM 10
The Eighth Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) will be held 12–14 January 2005 in conjunction with the 85th AMS Annual Meeting. Please stop by the ASLI booth in the AMS Resource Center and learn more about how your information specialists in the Atmospheric Sciences can help you add value to your research and ongoing work.
This year, ASLI’s program planners are taking full advantage of the Annual Meeting’s proximity to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with two speakers from the Library and Archives, respectively, plus a scheduled visit on the itinerary of the ASLI annual field trip.
Other highlights include the following: Sessions will focus on the ways in which atmospheric sciences librarians support the development of the earth information system by helping scientists understand and create new knowledge about our planet and by locating resources for researchers seeking historical data from the recent or remote past to make evolving models more robust. In addition, speakers will discuss digitization projects and library outreach and services in academic, research, and international settings. A presentation on a new NCAR initiative to document the important role that instrumentation has played in its mission will focus on how drawings, specifications, photographs, oral histories, and field project records show the use of instruments in NCAR’s observational and experimental activities.
ASLI, an international professional organization for atmospheric science librarians, is specifically aimed toward librarians, library staff, and publishers from around the world managing and providing information in the atmospheric sciences, but anyone with an interest is welcome to join. The ASLI Conference is intended to be an open forum for librarians and interested atmospheric science professionals to discuss and exchange information relating to the atmospheric sciences. Everyone is welcome and invited to attend sessions.
Please join ASLI for a stimulating and informative meeting.
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Fifth Presidential Policy Forum Wednesday, 12 January, 10:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.; Room 6A
As of this writing, two major assessments are shaping water resource policy formulation and decision support at the highest levels in governments worldwide. One is an ongoing publication, updated and disseminated in alternate years: The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources, authored by Dr. Peter Gleick, a MacArthur Fellow and president and cofounder of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security. The other document, Water for People, Water for Life, was developed by the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, under the direction of Dr. Gordon Young and published on the occasion of the Third World Water Forum held in Tokyo in 2003.
This year’s Presidential Policy Forum will feature a community dialogue with both Drs. Gleick and Young. The conversation will consist of three parts. In the first, AMS President Susan K. Avery, vice chancellor for research at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and William H. Hooke, director of the AMS Policy Program, will engage these two experts in a conversation on the outlook for freshwater resources worldwide and the implications for water policy, both domestically and internationally. In the second, Drs. Young and Gleick will respond to questions submitted electronically, prior to, or during the forum. Finally, microphones will be opened for questions and (brief) comments from the floor.
For further information, please contact William Hooke, AMS, Washington, D.C. (tel: 202-737-9006; email: hooke@dc.ametsoc.org) To submit a question electronically, please visit http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/85annual/fifthpresidentialforum.html.
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Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon Wednesday, 12 January, 12:00–1:30 P.M.; Room 15B
A "Women in Meteorology" luncheon will be held on Wednesday, 12 January at 12:00 p.m. Anyone interested in women's participation in the atmospheric sciences is invited to attend. The luncheon will feature a roundtable discussion on balancing children and career and will provide an opportunity to interact and network with women in the profession. Women at all stages of their career and from all aspects of the discipline are encouraged to participate. Box lunches can be purchased on site.
For further information, please contact Julie A. Winkler, Department of Geography, 315 Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115 (e-mail: winkler@msu.edu; tel: 517-355- 4649).
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NOAA Users Forum—Access to Satellite and Other Environmental Data Via CLASS Wednesday, 12 January, 12:15–1:15 P.M.; Room 1AB
The Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) provides customer’s of NOAA’s National Data Centers with web access to all current and future large array environmental data sets. CLASS provides permanent, secure storage and safe, efficient access between the Data Centers and the customers. This forum will provide NOAA customers with an overview of current and future plans for CLASS. Customers will also be able to provide feedback on their experiences with CLASS and their requirements for the future evolution of CLASS.
For additional information contact John J. Bates, NOAA, NESDIS National Climatic Data Center (email: John.J.Bates@noaa.gov) or Richard G. Reynolds, NOAA, NESDIS Office of Systems Development (email: Richard.G.Reynolds@noaa.gov).
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Town Hall Meeting: Research Directions for NOAA: Near- and Long-term Perspectives Wednesday, 12 January, 12:15–1:15 P.M.; Room 5B
NOAA is in the process of completing our first corporate 5-year Research Plan and 20-year Research Vision. The 5-year Research Plan supports the four mission goal areas identified in the NOAA Strategic Plan -ecosystems, climate, weather and water, and commerce and transportation - while underscoring the importance of research that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. The 5-year Research Plan includes milestones for NOAA’s research that are aimed at improving our products and information services in the near term, while the 20-year Research Vision adopts a longer-term perspective of the environmental challenges our nation faces and the technological and scientific advances we can expect to help meet those challenges.
We welcome colleagues from the entire research community to attend this town hall to discuss the future direction of NOAA’s research activities as captured in the 5-year Research Plan and 20-year Research Vision. Members of NOAA’s Research Council, which in consultation with the research community developed these documents, will present an overview of their contents, focusing particularly on the areas of climate and weather and water. Time will be allotted for discussion with, and questions from the audience.
For further information, please contact Terry Schaefer, NOAA Research Council (tel: 301-713-2465 ext.184; e-mail: terry.schaefer@noaa.gov).
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The Global Earth Observation System Revolutionizing Our Understanding of How Earth Works Wednesday, 12 January 2005 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.; Room 7A
Imagine a world in which we can minimize the impact of tsunami disasters and forecast winter weather months in advance; predict where the next outbreak of malaria, SARS or West Nile virus is likely to hit; and, in the U.S. alone, reduce energy costs by about $1 billion annually. Suppose we could more effectively forecast climate, El Nino and drought? Better forecast agricultural output? Fifty-three countries and the European Commission will take a leap in achieving these promises in Brussels this February -- soon after the U.S. advances a plan that will be pivotal to the entire emerging global effort. Learn about the U.S. Earth Observation System implementation plan, the emerging global implementation plan, and the perspectives of industry, government, and the public health, agribusiness, and other sectors. This is an opportunity to delve below the headlines and gain insight firsthand about a dynamic and pioneering system that, over the next decade, will yield benefits as broad as our planet itself. Media availability following the session.
Panel moderator: Dr. William H. Hooke Director, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society
Panelists
Vice Admiral U.S. Navy (Ret.) Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator
GEOSS -- big picture/update on U.S. and global implementation plans/tsunamis
Mike Keebaugh
President, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems
Industry perspective of GEOSS
Dr. Compton J. Tucker III
Senior Earth Scientist, NASA (Goddard Space Flight Center)
Link between mosquito-borne diseases and GEOSS (remote sensing)
Dr. David Changnon
Associate Professor, Meteorology Program, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University
Agricultural climatology
Dr. Eddie Bernard
Director, NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Tsunamis
Dr. Durland Fish
Professor, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
Public health, especially rapid risk assessment of vector-borne diseases
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Special Session on the Recruitment and Retention of Minorities in the Atmospheric Sciences Wednesday, 12 January, 1:30–5:30 P.M.; Room 14A
Atmospheric science has the lowest minority participation of any of the geosciences. This special session is being organized to share and explore ‘best practices’ in recruiting and retaining members of underrepresented groups in the atmospheric sciences, and the geosciences more generally. Invited speakers will describe their experiences with, and “lessons learned” from, organizing and implementing successful programs for the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups in the geosciences. Recruitment and retention efforts aimed at a range of educational levels (i.e., K–12, undergraduate, graduate) and career stages will be highlighted. The session will include a roundtable discussion and a coffee break for networking. All AMS members are invited to attend. Administrators, including department chairs, are particularly encouraged to participate.
For further information, please contact Julie A. Winkler, Department of Geography, 315 Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115 (e-mail: winkler@msu.edu; tel: 517-355- 4649).
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Walter Orr Roberts Lecture Wednesday, 12 January, 4:00–5:00 P.M.; Room 6D
This lecture will be held in a session sponsored by the 19th Conference on Hydrology. The lecture will be given by Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and it is entitled The Evolution of Hydrology in an Interdisciplinary Earth Science Setting: An Evolutionary Process.
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