NCICS at AMS 2018 :: North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies

We are starting the new year off with contributions from more than half of our staff to nearly 30 presentations, posters, and other sessions at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), which takes place January 7–11, 2018, in Austin, Texas. See below for details on the presentations, posters, town halls, and other sessions involving Institute scientists and other experts. You can view the list organized by name (those attending in person are marked as “attending”) or by day and time. All times are CST.

By Person
By Day

Andrew Ballinger (attending)
- Presentation:
  (presenting) TJ8.2 Communicating Projections of Weather and Climate Extremes for Urban Decision-Makers
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom F (ACC)

Jesse Bell
- Presentation:
  4.1 Using a Daily Homogenized Temperature Product to Assess Long-Term Trends in Extreme Heat Events and Associated Health Impacts in the United States
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 08:30 AM – 08:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17B (ACC)

Jim Biard
- Presentations:
  TJ7.1 Deep Learning for Detecting Extreme Weather and Climate Patterns (Core Science Keynote)
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom A (ACC)
  
  TJ7.4 Automated Detection of Fronts Using a Deep Learning Algorithm
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom A (ACC)

Jonathan Brannock
- Presentation:
  2B.1 Making Data Available on the Cloud for Decision Support Applications through NOAA’s Big Data Project
  Monday, 8 January 2018 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 10AB (ACC)

Otis Brown (attending)
- Presentation:
  2B.1 Making Data Available on the Cloud for Decision Support Applications through NOAA’s Big Data Project
  Monday, 8 January 2018 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 10AB (ACC)

Sarah Champion
- Presentations:
  6.4: The Meteorology of Extreme Precipitation and Implications for Future Planning (Invited Presentation)
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 02:15 PM – 02:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 18B (ACC)
  
  6.8: Managing a Multi-Agency Set of Climate Indicators
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:30 PM – 03:45 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)

Jenny Dissen (attending)
- Presentations:
  5B.2: Customer Use Cases and Analytics for Climate Data at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
  
  8.2: The Climate Resilient Grid: A Report on the Forum on Energy, Climate, and the Grid
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 02:00 PM – 02:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 15 (ACC)
- Poster:
  727: Exploring and Advancing Customer Engagement at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- Chair/Facilitator:
  (facilitator) Town Hall: Environmental Information for Resilience in Infrastructure
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 12:15 PM – 01:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 18B (ACC)
  
  (chair) Session 5B: Inspiring Engagement for Climate Resilience
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)

Anand Inamdar (attending)
- Presentation:
  6B.2: Reprocessing 30 Years of ISCCP: Introducing New ISCCP H Data
  Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom G (ACC)
- Posters:
  118: Different Flavors of Normals: Accounting for ENSO and Climate Change
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
  
  (presenting) 484: Reconstructing Diurnal Cycle of Land Surface Temperature from Daily Max/Min Temperatures
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)

Kenneth Kunkel (attending)
- Presentations:
  3A.7: Extremes and Attribution (Invited Presentation)
  Monday, 8 January 2018 03:45 PM – 04:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Salon F (Hilton)
  
  (presenting) 6.4: The Meteorology of Extreme Precipitation and Implications for Future Planning (Invited Presentation)
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 02:15 PM – 02:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 18B (ACC)
  
  4.1 Using a Daily Homogenized Temperature Product to Assess Long-Term Trends in Extreme Heat Events and Associated Health Impacts in the United States
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 08:30 AM – 08:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17B (ACC)
  
  TJ7.1 Deep Learning for Detecting Extreme Weather and Climate Patterns (Core Science Keynote)
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom A (ACC)
  
  (presenting) TJ7.4 Automated Detection of Fronts Using a Deep Learning Algorithm
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom A (ACC)
  
  TJ8.2 Communicating Projections of Weather and Climate Extremes for Urban Decision-Makers
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom F (ACC)
- Poster:
  531: The Role of Atmospheric Water Vapor in the Observed Upward Trend in Extreme Precipitation
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- Co-Chair:
  (co-chair) Session 3A: The Climate Science Special Report
  Monday, 8 January 2018 02:00 PM – 04:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Salon F (Hilton)

Ronald Leeper (attending)
- Posters:
  (presenting) 20: An Evaluation of Recent U.S. Drought Events Using a Newly Available Standardized Soil Moisture Dataset
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
  
  484: Reconstructing Diurnal Cycle of Land Surface Temperature from Daily Max/Min Temperatures
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
Tom Maycock
- Presentations:
  6.2: Communicating Science on Social Media: Strategic Keys to Success
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
  
  6.3: Climate Science and Social Media: Success Reaching the Masses
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 02:00 PM – 02:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)

Jared Rennie (attending)
- Presentation:
  (presenting) 4.1 Using a Daily Homogenized Temperature Product to Assess Long-Term Trends in Extreme Heat Events and Associated Health Impacts in the United States
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 08:30 AM – 08:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17B (ACC)
- Poster:
  730: Visualizing Extreme Precipitation for Climate Storytelling
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- Co-Chair:
  (co-chair) Session 8: Perspectives on Leadership for Early Career Professionals
  Monday, 8 January 2018 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6A (ACC)
  
  (co-chair) Session 4A: Data in, Information Out: Crowdsourcing and Other Tools for Data Gathering
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 08:30 AM – 10:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17A (ACC)
  
  (co-chair) Session 6A: Visualization Techniques for Climatology and Meteorology
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:30 PM – 03:45 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17A (ACC)

Carl Schreck (attending)
- Presentation:
  (presenting) J28.3: CFS Hindcast Skill and MJO Propagation across the Maritime Continent
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 2 (ACC)
- Posters:
  (presenting) 118: Different Flavors of Normals: Accounting for ENSO and Climate Change
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
  
  311: Influence of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves, the MJO, and ENSO on the Environment of Tropical Cyclones in Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Subseasonal Prediction Systems
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
  
  421: Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the MJO in Subseasonal Forecasts from Global Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Models: Activity and Predictive Skill
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)

Steve Stegall (attending)
- Poster:
  (presenting) 442: A Monthly Near-Real-Time Night Marine Air Temperature Dataset
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)

Laura Stevens (attending)
- Presentations:
  6.8: Managing a Multi-Agency Set of Climate Indicators
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:30 PM – 03:45 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
  
  (presenting) 531: The Role of Atmospheric Water Vapor in the Observed Upward Trend in Extreme Precipitation
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)

Scott Stevens
- Poster:
  531: The Role of Atmospheric Water Vapor in the Observed Upward Trend in Extreme Precipitation
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)

Monday, 8 January
- 2B.1 Making Data Available on the Cloud for Decision Support Applications through NOAA’s Big Data Project
  Monday, 8 January 2018 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 10AB (ACC)
- Session 8: Perspectives on Leadership for Early Career Professionals
  Monday, 8 January 2018 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6A (ACC)
- Session 3A: The Climate Science Special Report
  Monday, 8 January 2018 02:00 PM – 04:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Salon F (Hilton)
- 3A.7: Extremes and Attribution (Invited Presentation)
  Monday, 8 January 2018 03:45 PM – 04:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Salon F (Hilton)
- 118: Different Flavors of Normals: Accounting for ENSO and Climate Change
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 20: An Evaluation of Recent U.S. Drought Events Using a Newly Available Standardized Soil Moisture Dataset
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 311: Influence of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves, the MJO, and ENSO on the Environment of Tropical Cyclones in Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Subseasonal Prediction Systems
  Monday, 8 January 2018 04:15 PM – 06:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
Tuesday, 9 January
- Session 4A: Data in, Information Out: Crowdsourcing and Other Tools for Data Gathering
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 08:30 AM – 10:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17A (ACC)
- Session 5B: Inspiring Engagement for Climate Resilience
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
- 5B.2: Customer Use Cases and Analytics for Climate Data at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
- J28.3: CFS Hindcast Skill and MJO Propagation across the Maritime Continent
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 2 (ACC)
- Town Hall: Environmental Information for Resilience in Infrastructure
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 12:15 PM – 01:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 18B (ACC)
- Session 6A: Visualization Techniques for Climatology and Meteorology
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:30 PM – 03:45 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17A (ACC)
- 6.2: Communicating Science on Social Media: Strategic Keys to Success
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
- 6.3: Climate Science and Social Media: Success Reaching the Masses
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 02:00 PM – 02:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
- 6.4: The Meteorology of Extreme Precipitation and Implications for Future Planning (Invited Presentation)
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 02:15 PM – 02:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 18B (ACC)
- 6.8: Managing a Multi-Agency Set of Climate Indicators
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:30 PM – 03:45 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 6B (ACC)
- 421: Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the MJO in Subseasonal Forecasts from Global Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Models: Activity and Predictive Skill
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 442: A Monthly Near-Real-Time Night Marine Air Temperature Dataset
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 484: Reconstructing Diurnal Cycle of Land Surface Temperature from Daily Max/Min Temperatures
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 531: The Role of Atmospheric Water Vapor in the Observed Upward Trend in Extreme Precipitation
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 727: Exploring and Advancing Customer Engagement at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
- 730: Visualizing Extreme Precipitation for Climate Storytelling
  Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:45 PM – 05:30 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC)
Wednesday, 10 January
- 4.1 Using a Daily Homogenized Temperature Product to Assess Long-Term Trends in Extreme Heat Events and Associated Health Impacts in the United States
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 08:30 AM – 08:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 17B (ACC)
- TJ7.1 Deep Learning for Detecting Extreme Weather and Climate Patterns (Core Science Keynote)
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom A (ACC)
- TJ7.4 Automated Detection of Fronts Using a Deep Learning Algorithm
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom A (ACC)
- TJ8.2 Communicating Projections of Weather and Climate Extremes for Urban Decision-Makers
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom F (ACC)
- 8.2: The Climate Resilient Grid: A Report on the Forum on Energy, Climate, and the Grid
  Wednesday, 10 January 2018 02:00 PM – 02:15 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Room 15 (ACC)
Thursday, 11 January
- 6B.2: Reprocessing 30 Years of ISCCP: Introducing New ISCCP H Data
  Thursday, 11 January 2018 01:45 PM – 02:00 PM Austin Convention Center and Hilton – Ballroom G (ACC)