AGENDA

PUERTO RICO SITE VISIT

NOAA-CREST and EPP/MSI

January 8-9, 2003

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

 

7:30 -9:30 p.m.

Welcome Cocktail @ Mayagüez Cultural Center

Thursday, January 9, 2003

Morning Session @ Nursing Department Amphitheater-UPRM

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

 

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Welcome:

  • Jacqueline Rousseau, Director

NOAA EPP/MSI

  • Dr. Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

Chancellor of UPRM

  • Dr. Ramón E. Vásquez

Dean of Engineering of UPRM

9:30 – 10:15 a.m

NOAA Cooperative Centers Reports

  • Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, NOAA CREST-PI
  • Dr. Vernon Morris, NOAA NCAS-PI

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

BREAK

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Overview of Atmospheric and Marine Sciences Programs @ UPRM: Panel

  • Dr. Brad Weiner, Director, PR-EPSCOR
  • Dr. Jorge E. González, PI, NASA-EPSCOR
  • Dr. Luis Olivieri, PI, PASCOR
  • Dr. Luis O. Jiménez, PI, CenSSIS
  • Prof. Rafael Fernández-Sein, PI, TCESS

11:15 – 11:45 a.m

Press Conference

11:45 – 12:45 p.m.

Visit to the Satellite Receiving Stations

12:45 – 2:00 p.m

Poster Session & Lunch with Students and Faculty 

Thursday, January 9, 2003

Afternoon Session @ Lajas, PR

2:00-3:00 PM

Ground Transportation to La Parguera

3:00-5:30 PM

Visit to Magueyes Island

I.        Project B NCAS Facilities – Roy Armstrong

II.     Project C Coral Reef Institute – Richard Appeldoorn

5:30-7:30 PM

Dinner in La Parguera (Club Naútico)

7:30-9:30 PM

Boat Trip to Bioluminescent Bay

9:30-10:30 PM

Back to Hotel

EPP = Educational Partnership Program

MSI = Minority Serving Institutions

NCAS = NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences

 

Transportation will be offered from the Hotels: Rincón Beach and Holiday Inn

 

NOAA-CREST/NASA-EPSCOR Joint Symposium for Climate Studies

January 10-11, 2003

University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Friday, January 10, 2003

Morning Session

Nursing Department Amphitheater

7:30 – 9:30 AM

NOAA-CREST Business Meeting

NASA-EPSCOR Business Meeting

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 A.M.

Key-Note Address

A modern numerical model of the GULF OF MEXICO

by Dr. Jim O’Brien, Florida State University

10:30-10:45 AM

BREAK

10:45-12:00 PM

10:45 – 11:00 AM

11:05 – 11:20 AM

11:25 – 11:40 AM

11:45 - 12: 00 PM

Technical Session I - Regional Climate Analysis

  1. The 1991 Pinatubo Eruption, M. Patrick McCormick et al., NCAS, HU.            
  2. Ozone Climatology John Anderson et al., NCAS, HU.
  3. Seasonal and Interannual Variability at the CaTS, Jorge E Corredor et al., DMS, UPRM.
  4. Influence of Saharan Dust, Amos Winter, DME, UPRM.

12:00 - 2:00 PM

LUNCH 

Friday, January 10, 2003

Afternoon Session

Infirmary Amphitheater

2:00-3:35 PM

 

2:00 – 2:15 PM

2:20 – 2:35 PM

2:40 – 2:55 PM

3:00 – 3:15 PM

3:20 - 3:35 PM

3:40 – 3:55 PM

 

Technical Session II - Applications of Remote Sensing to Climate Studies

  1. Polar Stratospheric Cloud Classification , M. A. Felton Jr et al., NCAS, HU.
  2. Hydrometeorological Modeling Systems, Ismail  Yucel, NCAS, HU.
  3. Neural Network Classification, Hamed Parsiani, DECE, UPRM.
  4. Raman and Rayleigh Lidar Techniques, Shikha Raizada et al., AO, PR
  5. Regional East Atmospheric Lidar Mesonet: REALM, Raymond M. Hoff et al., JCET & NOAA CREST UMBC
  6. CUNY Atmospheric and Coastal Remote Sensing Research, S. Ahmed et al., CUNY

4:00 - 5:30 PM

Poster Session (20 Papers)

7:00-9:00 PM

RECEPTION (Vista Bahia Restaurant)

NOAA-CREST/NASA-EPSCOR Joint Symposium for Climate Studies

January 10-11, 2003

University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Saturday January 11, 2003

Morning Session @ Infirmary Amphitheater

8:30 – 9:30 AM

Key-Note Address

The interaction of convection with large scale weather systems:  What 3D Cloud Resolving Models are telling us and the implications to climate models

by Prof. Gregory Tripoli, University of Wisonsin-Madison

9:30  - 10:45 AM

9:30 – 9:45

9:45 – 10:00

10:00-10:15

10:15 – 10:30

10:30-10:45

Technical Session III: Regional Climate Modeling

  1. Modeling Dynamic Behavior of Air Pollutants, L. Sridhar, DChE, UPRM.
  2. Estimating Atmospheric Variables, N.D. Ramirez et al.  DIE, UPRM
  3. Estimating Long-Term Average Monthly Evapotranspiration from Pan Evapo, E. Harmsen, AE, UPRM
  4. Regional Atmospheric Modeling in the Caribbean, J.E. González, DME, UPRM
  5. Spatial and Temporal Sensitivity of Precipitation, J Eastman, UMBC

10:45-12:15 AM

BREAK

10:11-12:10 AM

11:00 – 11:15

11:15 - 11:30

11:30 – 11:45

11:45– 12:15

Technical Session IV: Aerosols, Climate and Health

  1. Urban Climate and Respiratory Diseases in Washington, DC, M. Hawkins, AS, Howard University
  2. Airborne Fungi in Sahara Dust, R. A. Armstrong, NCAS, DMS, UPRM
  3. Developing a Public Health Component as part of the Joint Institute for Caribbean Climate Studies, J. Matta, PSU
  4. The Atlas Mission in Puerto Rico, Porfirio Beltran, NASA-Goddard

12:15-12:30 PM

Wrap-Up and Reflections

Saturday January 11, 2003

Afternoon Session

1:30-4:00 PM

NOAA-CREST Business Meeting

NASA-EPSCOR Business Meeting

(if necessary)

1:30-

Technical Tours (subject to change)

§        Mayaguez Bay

§        Magueyes Island

§        Phosphorescent Bay (Night)

 AO                  -           Arecibo Observatory

 CUNY             -          College University of New York

 HU                   -           Hampton University

 PSU                 -           Ponce School of Medicine

 UMBC             -           University of Maryland Baltimore County

 UPRM             -           University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

 UPRRP            -           University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras