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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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Appendix C

Workshop Information

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

URBAN METEOROLOGY: SCOPING THE PROBLEM,
DEFINING THE NEEDS

Committee Meeting and Summer 2011 Community Workshop

Final Meeting Agenda
July 27-29, 2011
National Academies Jonsson Center
314 Quissett
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Workshop Goals

The field of urban meteorology has grown considerably in the past few decades, and a number of recent publications have helped pinpoint pressing needs for scientific advances. To date, however, most assessments of R&D priorities have come from discussions within the scientific community. There is a need for more direct interaction with key ‘end user’ communities, who can help identify their needs. The goal of the workshop is to facilitate a dialog between the research community and the users of urban meteorology information by bringing together scientific experts with representatives from select end user communities.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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Wednesday July 27, 2011

 
7:00 -7:45 A.M. Shuttle Bus Service from Hotel to Jonsson Center
(Shuttle Departs every 10-15 minutes)
 
OPEN SESSION: 8:00 A.M. -5:30 P.M.: Carriage House
 
8:00 A.M. Breakfast in Main House
 
8:30 A.M. Welcome, Introduction, Purpose of Workshop
Chris Elfring, BASC Director
John Snow, University of Oklahoma
Xubin Zeng, University of Arizona
 
8:45 A.M. Overview of Urban Meteorology
Sue Grimmond, King’s College London
 
Morning Panel Discussion on End-Users: Panelists will each have 10 minutes to speak followed by 20 minutes of general discussion.
 
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE MORNING PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
What are user needs?
What needs are not being met, and what are the reasons?
If your needs are not being met, how do we address them?
 
9:15 A.M. Perspective from the Federal Agencies
 
     Moderator: Ellis Stanley

EPA: S.T. Rao
FEMA: Sandra Knight
DDOT: Terry Bellamy
CDC: George Luber
 
10:15 A.M. Break
 
10:30 A.M End User Perspectives
 
     Moderator: Stefanie Sarnat
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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Air Quality: Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS

Urban Vulnerability: Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR

Emergency: Ellis Stanley, Dewberry

Security: Gayle Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Utilities: James Rufo Hill, Seattle Public Utilities

Urban Planning: Stuart Gaffin, Columbia University

 
12:00 P.M. Continued Discussion over LUNCH in the Main House
 
1:00 P.M. Observations and Modeling of the Urban Environment Walt Dabberdt, Vaisala
 
Afternoon Panel Discussion on End-Users: Panelists will each have 10 minutes to speak followed by 20 minutes of general discussion.
 
QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
What are the new capabilities and products needed to better serve users?
How can these capabilties and products be effectively communicated to users?
 
1:30 P.M. Federal Agency Perspectives: Science and Technology Challenges
 
     Moderator: Marshall Shepherd

NWS: Andy Edman
NASA: Marc Imhoff
NOAA/OFCM: Sam Williamson
DOE: Nancy Brown
USGS: Sue Cannon
 
2:50 P.M. Break
 
3:05 P.M. Research Community Perspectives: Science and Technology
 
     Moderator: Petra Klein
 
    

Urban Observations: Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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Urban Modeling: Teddy R. Holt, Naval Research Laboratory

Urbanization of Mesoscale Models and their Operational Use: Martin Best, UK Met Office

Urban Meteorology: Tim Oke, University of British Columbia

 
4:15 P.M. Assignment for Working Groups and Charges
*see Charge to the Working Groups document (p. 162) John Snow and Xubin Zeng
 

WG1a
End Users/Applications
Chair: Stefanie Sarnat
Rapporteur: Mark Arend
NRC staff: Maggie Walser
Room: TBA

WG1b
End Users/Applications
Chair: Ellis Stanley
Rapporteur: George Schewe
NRC staff: Laurie Geller
Room: TBA

 

WG2a
Observations and modeling
Chair: Marshall Shepherd
Rapporteur: Dev Niyogi
NRC staff: Chris Elfring
Room: TBA

WG2b
Observations and modeling
Chair: Petra Klein
Rapporteur: James Voogt
NRC staff: Lauren Brown
Room: TBA

 
5:00 P.M. Working Groups: Meet briefly for introduction and discussions
 
6:00 P.M. Continued Discussion over DINNER: Main House/Grounds
 

Thursday, July 28, 2011

 
7:00 -7:45 A.M. Shuttle Bus Service from Hotel to Jonsson Center
(Shuttle Departs every 10-15 minutes)
 
8:00 A.M. Breakfast in Main House
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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OPEN SESSION: 8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M.: Carriage House
 
8:30 A.M Cities of the Future:
Brian Stone, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
9.00 A.M. Working Groups Convene to Address Their Charge
 
12:00 P.M. Continue discussion over LUNCH in the Main House
 
1:00 P.M Plenary: All Participants Reconvene
Each Working Group Rapporteur will present their respective group’s “findings.” The Rapporteurs will each have 15 minutes to present followed by 5 minutes of Q&A.
 
2:30 P.M. General Discussions
Reflections on key issues/questions Next steps
 
3:15 P.M. Break
 
3:45 P.M. Working Groups reconvene:

• Finalize their findings based on the discussions

• Draft outline

• Assignment and plan to complete any further input to study committee

 
5:00 P.M. Workshop Adjourns
 
5:30 P.M. Optional DINNER: Main House/Grounds
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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PARTICIPANT LIST

Urban Meteorology: Scoping the Problem, Defining the Needs
BASC Summer Study-Participant List
July 27-28, 2011
Woods Hole, MA

BASC Board and Staff

Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr., BASC Chair, University of Maryland

Richard E. (Rit) Carbone, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory

Chris Elfring, Board Director, BASC

Katie Thomas, Study Director, BASC

Rita Gaskins, Administrative Coordinator, BASC

Elizabeth Finkelman, Program Assistant, BASC

Lauren Brown, Research Associate, BASC

Laurie Geller, Senior Program Officer, BASC

Maggie Walser, Program Officer, BASC

Committee

John T. Snow (cochair), BASC member, University of Oklahoma

Xubin Zeng (cochair), BASC member, University of Arizona

Ellis Stanley, Dewberry

Petra Klein, University of Oklahoma

Stefanie Sarnat, Emory University

Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia

Participants

Mark Arend, The City College of New York, CUNY

Terry Bellamy, District Department of Transportation, Washington, DC

Martin Best, Met Office, United Kingdom

Kelley Brookins, Chicago Transit Authority

Nancy Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL)

Susan H. Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Walt Dabberdt, Vaisala

Paula Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Sheldon Drobot, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Andy Edman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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Stuart Gaffin, Columbia University

Sue Grimmond, King’s College, London

James Rufo Hill, Seattle Public Utilities

Teddy R. Holt, Naval Research Laboratory

Marc L. Imhoff, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Paul Kirshen, Battelle Memorial Institute

Kim Klockow, University of Oklahoma

Sandra Knight, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

George Luber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Thomas Matte, New York City Department of Health

Dev S. Niyogi, Purdue University

Fred Ogden, University of Wyoming

Tim Oke, University of British Columbia

Brenda Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

S. Trivikrama (S.T.) Rao, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

David Sailor, Portland State University

George Schewe, Trinity Consultants

Brian Stone, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology

Gayle Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario

Olga Wilhelmi, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM), NOAA

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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CHARGE TO WORKING GROUPS

The challenge for the working groups is to move beyond the Day 1 discussions and provide tangible and substantive input to the Committee, which will consider this input as it writes its final report. The working groups will be asked to discuss the questions below and each group’s rapporteur will be asked to prepare slides that summarize the discussion, to present in the plenary session.

Key Questions

1. Briefly describe some of the advances in meteorological forecasting/monitoring in the past decade that have had the most impact on urban areas and why. Were any of these developed specifically for urban uses and, where not, what relationships or synergies led to developments in other areas being found to benefit urban uses?

2. Are there important existing urban-level forecasting/monitoring capabilities that are not being effectively utilized by the relevant end user communities, either due to lack of awareness that such capabilities exist, or failure to provide such information in a usable form?

3. Are there particular needs of specific end user communities that are not being met by current urban-level forecasting/monitoring efforts?

4. Are there emerging technologies in meteorological forecasting/monitoring that would help contribute to urban dwellers’ safety and well-being?

5. What are some effective ways to strengthen the interactions between urban meteorology researchers and the different end user communities?

6. What new future needs or challenges might be anticipated in light of the potential additional stresses resulting from to be brought by the impacts of global climate change?

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Information." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13328.
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According to the United Nations, three out of five people will be living in cities worldwide by the year 2030. The United States continues to experience urbanization with its vast urban corridors on the east and west coasts. Although urban weather is driven by large synoptic and meso-scale features, weather events unique to the urban environment arise from the characteristics of the typical urban setting, such as large areas covered by buildings of a variety of heights; paved streets and parking areas; means to supply electricity, natural gas, water, and raw materials; and generation of waste heat and materials.

Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs is based largely on the information provided at a Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate community workshop. This book describes the needs for end user communities, focusing in particular on needs that are not being met by current urban-level forecasting and monitoring. Urban Meteorology also describes current and emerging meteorological forecasting and monitoring capabilities that have had and will likely have the most impact on urban areas, some of which are not being utilized by the relevant end user communities.

Urban Meteorology explains that users of urban meteorological information need high-quality information available in a wide variety of formats that foster its use and within time constraints set by users' decision processes. By advancing the science and technology related to urban meteorology with input from key end user communities, urban meteorologists can better meet the needs of diverse end users. To continue the advancement within the field of urban meteorology, there are both short-term needs-which might be addressed with small investments but promise large, quick returns-as well as future challenges that could require significant efforts and investments.

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