Time |
Banquet
Hall |
Breakout
Room |
TOPIC |
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REGISTRATION |
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7:00 - 8:15 |
70 min |
BREAKFAST |
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BREAKFAST AND |
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"BREAKFAST
WITH MATT" |
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WEATHER BRIEFING |
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Welcoming Remarks |
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8:15 - 8:30 |
15 min |
Glenn
Field (National Weather Service-Taunton, MA) |
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Charles Orloff (Blue Hill Observatory Science Center - Milton, MA) |
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Examining Major El Nino Events
and Their Impacts on Precipitation |
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and Flood Potential in the Northeast United States |
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8:30 - 8:55 |
25 min |
David Vallee |
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CLIMATE |
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NOAA / NWS / NERFC - Taunton, MA |
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XMACIS
demonstration - examples of how to get climate statistics |
Topics for Teachers |
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9:00 - 9:25 |
25 min |
Benjamin Sipprell |
A. J. Burnett |
CLIMATE |
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NOAA / NWS - Taunton, MA |
WCVB - TV 5, Boston, MA |
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Climate Matters: Resources to Bridge Weather and Climate |
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9:30 - 10:05 |
35 min |
Sean Sublette |
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CLIMATE |
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Climate Central - Princeton, NJ |
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10:05 - 10:20 |
15 min |
BREAK |
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BREAK |
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Snow Squalls in New England with a Changing Climate |
Picture Posts / Citizen Science |
|
10:20 - 10:55 |
35 min |
Dr. Frank Colby |
Craig Austen |
RESEARCH |
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University of Massachusetts -
Lowell, MA |
Norwood, MA |
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Weather and the Science of Measurement: From Autonomous |
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Underwater Vehicles to Self-Driving Cars to Deflategate |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
45 min |
Dr. John Leonard |
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RESEARCH |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA |
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11:45 - 12:45 |
60 min |
LUNCH |
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LUNCH |
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Blizzards, Hurricanes and
Post-Tropical Storms: From Warnings |
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to Response (A Look at Canada's
System) |
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12:50 - 1:35 |
45 min |
Bob Robichaud |
|
PREPAREDNESS |
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Meteorological Service of
Canada - Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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StormReady Rhode
Island Initiative |
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1:40 - 2:05 |
25 min |
Peter Gaynor and Stephen Conard |
|
PREPAREDNESS |
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Rhode Island Emergency
Management Agency - Cranston, RI |
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Tornado Debris
Signatures in the Northeast United States |
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2:10 - 2:40 |
30 min |
Ryan Hanrahan |
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SEVERE WEATHER |
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NBC Connecticut (WVIT-TV 30) -
West Hartford, CT |
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Our Visitor From
the Bahamas 25 Years Ago: Hurricane
Bob |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
30 min |
Robert Thompson |
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HURRICANES |
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NOAA / NWS - Taunton, MA |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
15 min |
BREAK |
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BREAK |
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25th Anniversary of the Perfect
Storm - Halloween, 1991 |
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3:30 - 3:55 |
25 min |
Walter Drag |
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PERFECT STORM |
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NOAA / NWS - Mount Holly, NJ |
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Surviving the
Perfect Storm: The Life and Death
Decisions |
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Which Made it Possible |
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4:00 - 4:55 |
55 min |
John Spillane |
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PERFECT STORM |
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Retired - New York City Fire
Dept. / Perfect Storm Pararescueman |
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