Expanding Horizons 2003 Agenda

Monday, June 23rd

8:00 am CU turnout buses depart CU Housing for FL  
8:30 - 9:00 am lobby Check in  
9:00 - 9:15 am auditorium Introduction and Welcome Michael Morgan and Mark Laufersweiler
9:15 - 10:00 am auditorium A retrospective on Unidata at 20 (ppt) Dave Fulker
10:00 - 10:15 am atrium break  
10:15 - 11:00 am auditorium Unidata 2008: Shaping the Future of Data Use in the Geosciences (ppt) Mohan Ramamurthy
11:00 - 11:45 am auditorium Unidata's Future (ppt) Cliff Jacobs
11:45 - 1:00 pm cafeteria lunch  
1:00 - 1:20 pm auditorium IDV/ VGEE Overview (ppt)
 Don Murray
1:25 - 2:15 pm
rm 1002
rm 1003
COMET

Lab Set 1:*
Exploring Real-time ETA and AVN Model, Preciptation Forecasts Using Unidata's IDV
Extending the Capabilities of the IDV User-Defined Quantities
VGEE lab


Bill Fingerhut
Charlie Murphy
Rajul Pandya
2:15 - 2:30 pm   break  
2:30 - 3:20 pm
rm 1002
rm 1003
COMET		 Lab Set 2:*
Exploring Real-time ETA and AVN Model, Preciptation Forecasts Using Unidata's IDV
Extending the Capabilities of the IDV User-Defined Quantities
VGEE lab
Bill Fingerhut
Charlie Murphy
Rajul Pandya
3:25 - 4:15 pm
rm 1002
rm 1003
COMET		 Lab Set 3:*
Exploring Real-time ETA and AVN Model, Preciptation Forecasts Using Unidata's IDV
Extending the Capabilities of the IDV User-Defined Quantities
VGEE lab
Bill Fingerhut
Charlie Murphy
Rajul Pandya
4:15 - 4:30 pm atrium break  
4:30  pm FL2 lot buses depart for CU Housing  

*For Monday's labs, guests will choose a different lab in each lab set so that all three unique labs may be attended.

 

Tuesday, June 24th

8:00 am CU turnout buses depart CU Housing for FL  
8:30 - 9:15 am auditorium What is GIS (for Unidata) (ppt) Ted Habermann
9:15 - 10:00 am auditorium A Survey of Applications of GIS in Meteorology (ppt) Scott Shipley
10:00 - 10:15 am front steps Group photo and short break  
10:15 - 11:00 am auditorium GIS for Atmospheric Sciences: the Evolution of NCAR's GIS Initiative (ppt) Olga Wilhelmi
11:00 - 11:45 am auditorium Weather Event Simulator (ppt) John Ferree
11:45 - 1:00 pm cafeteria lunch  
1:00 - 4:15 pm rm 1002 Lab 1:  What is GIS and How Can it Help Me?** Brian Nelson
  rm 1003 Lab 2: Intro to GIS - Mapping your Data** Sam Batzli
  COMET Lab 3:  GIS** John McIntosh
4:15 - 4:30 pm atrium break  
4:30 pm FL2 lot buses depart FL for CU Housing  
5:00 - 5:30 pm CU Housing freshen up  
5:30 pm CU turnout buses depart CU Housing for Mesa Lab  
6:00 - 7:00 pm Mesa Lab tours, short hikes  
7:00  - 8:30 pm Mesa Lab dinner  
8:30 pm Mesa Lab buses depart ML for CU Housing  

**On Tuesday, guests will choose one of the three somewhat similar Intro to GIS labs to attend.

 

Wednesday,  June 25th

8:00 am CU turnout buses depart CU Housing  
8:30 - 9:15 am auditorium Weather Research and Forecasting Model (ppt) Joe Klemp
9:15 - 9:40 am auditorium Using ArcGIS to Study the Correlation between Lightning Strike Density and Terrain Elevation (ppt)
 Alex DeCaria
9:45 - 10:15 am auditorium Using Non-traditional Observational Networks: The Iowa Environmental Mesonet, orignal html presentation Daryl Herzmann
10:15 - 10:30 am atrium break  
10:30 - 11:15 am auditorium Following Volcanic Ash as a Hazard to Aviation and as a Factor in Climate (ppt) John Merrill
11:00 - 11:45 am auditorium Examples of Unidata Software and Data Usage at the University of Wisconsin - Madison (ppt) Pete Pokrandt
11:45 - 1:00 pm cafeteria lunch  
1:00 - 4:15 pm COMET Lab 1: Recent Hydrologic Applications Using Remotely Sensed and Environmental Data and GIS (ppt) *** Theresa Carpenter
  rm 1003 Lab 2: OCS/Oklahoma Mesonet Outreach Lab*** Dale Morris and Kevin Kloesel
  rm 1002 Lab 3: Service-oriented technology to support Geosciences: case studies, (ppt) Case Study 1, (ppt) Case Study 2 (ppt) *** Stefano Nativi
  atrium Meet the Developers Unidata Staff
4:15 - 4:30 pm atrium break  
4:30 - 5:00 FL2 lot buses depart FL for CU Housing  
5:00 - 5:30 pm CU housing freshen up  
5:30 pm CU turnout buses depart CU Housing for Flagstaff Mountain  
6:00 - 7:00 pm Flagstaff Mtn dinner  
7:00  - 8:00 pm Flagstaff Mtn naturalist talk  
8:15 pm Flagstaff Mtn buses depart Flagstaff mountain for CU Housing  

***On Wednesday, guests may choose one of the three labs.

 

Thursday

8:00 am CU turnout buses depart CU Housing  
8:30 - 915 am auditorium The Application of Geographic Information Systems in Catastrophe Risk Management--presentation unavailable. Kyle Beatty
9:15 - 9:45 am auditorium Shaping of Public Environmental Policy: User Community Impact (ppt) Sam Williamson
9:45 - 10:15 am auditorium Aspects of the Agricultural Weather Program in Kentucky (ppt)
 Tom  Priddy
10:15 - 10:30 am atrium break  
10:30 - 11:15 am auditorium Using Environmental Data for Education, Research, and Decision Making (ppt) Kevin Kloesel
11:15 - 11:45 am auditorium Bringing Training to Weather Service Forecasters Using a New Distance Learning Tool John Weaver
11:45 - 1:00 pm cafeteria lunch  
1:00 - 4:15 pm COMET Lab 1: Recent Hydrologic Applications Using Remotely Sensed and Environmental Data and GIS (ppt) Theresa Carpenter
  rm 1003 Lab 2: OCS/Oklahoma Mesonet Outreach Lab **** Dale Morris and Kevin Kloesel
  rm 1002 Lab 3: Service-oriented technology to support Geosciences: case studies, (ppt) Case Study 1, (ppt) Case Study 2 (ppt) Stefano Nativi
  atrium Meet the Developers Unidata Staff
4:15 - 4:30 pm atrium break  
4:30  pm FL2 lot buses depart for CU Housing  

****On Thursday, there will be a repeat of Wednesday's labs so that guests may choose a second of these labs.

 

Friday

8:00 am CU turnout buses depart CU Housing  
8:30 - 9:00 am auditorium Beyond Mapping in GIS Applications to Environmental Analysis May Yuan
9:15 - 11:00 am auditorium Panel discussion Led by Rich Clark with Olga Wilhelmi, Sam Willianson, May Yuan, Mohan Ramamurthy, and Jordan Powers
11:00 - 11:45 am auditorium Workshop open discussion Michael Morgan, Mark Laufersweiler, and Mohan Ramamurthy
11:45 - 1:00 pm cafeteria lunch  
12:00 pm  FL2 lot bus 1 departs for CU Housing  
1:15 pm FL2 lot bus 2 departs for CU Housing