15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the 14th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Monday, 20 August 2007 - Friday, 24 August 2007
(20-23 for 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction)
Portland, OR

For more information, please see: General Information (PDF)

Sponsorship/Organizers
The 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the 14th Conference on Middle Atmosphere, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committees on Air-Sea Interaction and Middle Atmosphere will be held 20-24 August 2007 at the Doubletree Hotel-Llyod Center in Portland, Oregon.

Accommodations
All meeting sessions for the conferences will be held at the Doubletree Hotel-Llyod Center, 1000 N.E. Multnomah, Portland, Oregon, 97232. A block of rooms has been reserved at the hotel for meeting attendees at a special rate of:

Standard Rooms $115.00/Plus tax (Block under group code AMT)
Premium Rooms $125.00/Plus tax (Block under group code AMT)

To receive these special rates, attendees must request a room under the 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction/14th Conference on Middle Atmosphere room block. Federal per diem rates are available, upon request, to Federal employees when making reservations (block under group code AMG).

Reservations must be made prior to 18 July 2007 and may be accompanied by a one-night deposit. Reservations made after that date are on a space available basis. Subject to room availability, these special rates will be available the weekends before and after the conference. We urge you to make reservations early since space is limited. For reservations, call the hotel directly at 503-281-6111 between 8am and 5pm Pacific Time. To book online with the group codes above, visit www.portlandlloydcenter.doubletree.com.

Additional rooms have been booked at the La Quinta Inn, 431 NE Multnomah in Portland.  Rooms can be reserved by calling 503-233-7933 or toll-free 800-531-5900.  Please mention the American Meteorological Society when making your reservation to get the group rate.  The La Quinta is 0.3 miles from the Doubletree.

Transportation
From Portland International Airport (7 miles):
Take 205 South to I-84 West and use the Lloyd Center exit. Taxi cost is about $20. To use
the Portland Light Rail, cost is $1.55

Parking:
Parking is available at the hotel for $9.00 overnight parking.

Middle Atmosphere Special Sessions

• The Past and Future of Middle Atmosphere Modeling: A Session in Honor of Byron A. Boville 
• Joint Session with Air/Sea Interaction on Middle Atmosphere/Troposphere/Ocean Interactions
• Stratospheric Chemistry and Ozone Recovery
• Recent Field Investigations of TTL
• Chemistry and Dynamics of the Extratropical UTLS
• Gravity Wave Observations, Modeling and Parameterization
• Tropical/Extratropical Interactions
• Long-Term Change in Middle Atmosphere and the Impact of Solar Variability

Air-Sea Interaction Special Sessions

• Middle atmosphere-troposphere-ocean interactions (joint with the Conference on the Middle Atmosphere)
• Unresolved issues in ENSO dynamics and prediction
• Applications of satellite ocean vector winds to air-sea interaction processes
• Ocean-atmosphere interactions and influences on tropical and extratropical storms

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