Seventeenth Workshop on Atmospheric, Earth, and Space Sciences
University of Wisconsin at Madison
26-30 July 2009
Sunday
4:30 PM
5:15 PM
5:30 PM
5:45 PM
6:30 PM
6:40 PM
26 July 2009
Sign-in and Registration
Humphreys Dorm
Start of workshop/Meet and Greet
Jordan Gerth & Margaret Mooney
Rules, Regulations, and Expectations
Margaret Mooney
Dinner
Pizza
Short-course Picnic Area
Depart for Natatorium
Icebreaker – Campus Recreation
Outdoor Games with Jordan Gerth, Sarah Monette, and Dan Pasowicz
8:10 PM
Depart for SSEC
8:30 PM
Movie “The Blue Planet” (Episodes 1, 2)
351 AOSS/SSEC
9:50 PM
Madison and Campus at Night
Roof of SSEC*
10:10 PM
Return to dorm
Chaperones: Sarah Monette and Dan Pasowicz
11:30 PM
Lights Out
Night Check: Jordan Gerth
* Pending no inclement weather.
Monday
8:00 AM
8:10 AM
9:00 AM
9:25 AM
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
10:30 AM
11:05 AM
27 July 2009
Depart for SSEC
Breakfast
Microbial Sciences Building
Introduction to Earth System Science
351 Dr. Paul Menzel (SSEC)
Weather Balloon Launch
Roof Erik Olson & Sarah Monette
Break
GOES: Past, Present, and Future
351 Tim Schmit (NOAA)
Introduction to Satellite Meteorology
351 Scott Bachmeier (CIMSS)
Introduction to McIDAS – Part I
1411 Gary Wade (NOAA), Leader
Assistants: Jay Heinzelman, Rick Kohrs, Jessica Staude, Joleen Feltz,
Jason Brunner, Kaba Bah, Sarah Monette, Kristin Klingelhutz
12:15 PM
Lunch
Qdoba (Mexican)
Room 1417
1:00 PM
Climate Change Discussion
1411 Professor Jon Martin
1:40 PM
Introduction to McIDAS – Part II
1411 Gary Wade (NOAA), Leader
3:00 PM
Student Presentations
1411 Gary Wade (NOAA), Leader
3:20 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Radiative Transfer Science and Climate
351 Professor David Turner
4:00 PM
Introduction to Thunderstorms
351 Jordan Gerth (CIMSS)
4:30 PM
Introduction to Winter Storms
351 Jordan Gerth (CIMSS)
5:00 PM
Daily Evaluations
351 Dan Pasowicz
5:15 PM
Depart for dinner
5:30 PM
Dinner
Memorial Union
6:30 PM
Campus Tour*
S. Monette, D. Pasowicz
Ice Cream on the Terrace
Memorial Union
9:30 PM
Return to dorm
Chaperones: Sarah Monette and Dan Pasowicz
11:15 PM
Lights Out
Night Check: Jordan Gerth
* Pending no inclement weather.
Tuesday
7:45 AM
7:55 AM
8:45 AM
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
10:15 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:15 PM
2:10 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:10 PM
4:05 PM
4:55 PM
5:10 PM
28 July 2009
Depart for SSEC
Breakfast
Microbial Sciences Building
Depart for Washburn Observatory
Washburn Observatory
Peter Susalla (Astronomy)
Depart for Channel 27 TV
Drivers: J. Gerth, M. Mooney, G. Wade
Tour of Channel 27 TV (Weather Central)
Bryan Olson
Depart for SSEC
Lunch
Pizza
Roof of SSEC*
3-D Weather Globe Presentation
148 Margaret Mooney (CIMSS/SSEC)
Weather Briefing
351 Jordan Gerth (CIMSS)
Numerical Weather Prediction Overview
351 Robert Aune (NOAA)
Break
GIS and Terrestrial Remote Sensing
1411 Sam Batzli (ERSC)
Tropical Weather
351 Chris Rozoff (CIMSS)
Daily Evaluations
351 Dan Pasowicz
Depart for National Weather Service, Sullivan
Dinner at Culver’s en route
Drivers: J. Gerth, S. Monette, G. Wade
7:10 PM
Tour of National Weather Service, Sullivan
Jordan Gerth (CIMSS)
8:20 PM
Depart for dorm
9:30 PM
Return to dorm
Chaperones: Sarah Monette and Dan Pasowicz
11:15 PM
Lights Out
Night Check: Jordan Gerth
If severe weather is present in the area on Tuesday evening, the tour of the National Weather Service will be
rescheduled for the following night, and events exchanged between the nights.
Wednesday
7:45 AM
7:55 AM
8:45 AM
29 July 2009
Depart for Breakfast
Breakfast
Microbial Sciences Building
Depart for Limnology
Dredging Lake Mendota*
Mary Possin (UW-Liminology)
Plotting/Contouring Weather Information 1411 J. Gerth, S. Monette
Depart for SSEC
12:00 PM
Aviation Weather
351 Wayne Feltz (CIMSS)
12:45 PM
Lunch
Cousins/Subway
Roof of SSEC*
1:30 PM
Polar Weather
351 George Weidner (AMRC)
2:15 PM
Tour of Geology Museum
Weeks Hall
3:00 PM
Rotating Tank Demonstration
1518 Professor Galen McKinley (AOS)
3:50 PM
VISITview Preparation for Trip
1411 Professor Norlene Emerson (UW-Richland)
4:20 PM
Weather Briefing for Devil’s Lake
1411 Jordan Gerth (CIMSS)
5:00 PM
Daily Evaluations
1411 Dan Pasowicz
5:15 PM
Depart for dinner
5:30 PM
Dinner
Memorial Union
6:30 PM
State Street and Capitol Square*
S. Monette, D. Pasowicz
8:30 PM
Washburn Observatory at Night*
S. Monette, D. Pasowicz
9:30 PM
Return to dorm
Chaperones: Sarah Monette and Dan Pasowicz
* Pending no inclement weather.
Thursday
7:30 AM
8:15 AM
3:15 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
30 July 2009
Breakfast
Microbial Sciences Building
Depart for Devil’s Lake St. Park, Baraboo
Drivers: J. Gerth, S. Monette, G. Wade
Geologic Features at Rock Springs, Devil’s Lake Professor Norlene Emerson
Picnic Lunch
Depart for Madison
Final Evaluations and Goodbyes
Dan Pasowicz
End of workshop
Special Notes: Wednesday morning’s activity requires that the group be split into two due to the capacity of the
research vessel. While one group is on the lake, the other will perform a plotting and contouring exercise. In
case of thunderstorms or strong winds during the scheduled activity, the entire morning session will consist of a
plotting and contouring exercise and case study.