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June 2008
1st WORLD CONFERENCE ON BROADCAST METEOROLOGY - Conference Abstracts
Thursday 3rd June 2004
Meteorology and models: now, short-term, seasonal; the role of the forecaster
Meteorology and models: now, short-
(Statement delivered by Mrs Milagros Couchoud Gregory, Director-General of the Nacional Meteorological Institute of Spain, on behalf of Mr Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization)
John McLaughlin, KCCI, Des Moines – Nowcasting, and the use of weather Radar
Luis F Lopez-Cotin (Met Service of Spain) – Satellite Application Projects of Meteosat
Jean Quiby, Meteo Swiss and EUMETNET – progress in Limited Area Modelling; working towards a European super-model
Francois Lalaurette, ECMWF –progress in medium range modelling
Dr Steven Tracton, NOAA – Ensemble Systems in Forecasting and the communication of Uncertainty. Bob Ryan, Steve Tracton Bob Ryan
Manfred Kurz, German Met Service (retd) – the role of the forecaster.
Friday 4th June 2004
Disaster preparedness – Severe weather - Natural disasters – Single Official Voice
Disaster preparedness – Severe weather -
Reid Basher – DG of UN / International Secretariat for Disaster Reduction
Kevin O’Loughlin; Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, Australia - Droughts and fires
Jose Rubiera, Cuban Met Service - Tropical Cyclones and the Media
Harry Otten, Meteo Consult, The Netherlands; the role of the private sector in weather warnings.
John Zillman, Immediate past-president of WMO; the role of the public sector in weather warnings
Saturday 5th June 2004 (World Environment Day)
Climate Change; what we know and what we need to know
Climate Change; what we know and what we need to know
John Kermond, NOAA - Temperature rise (El Nino)
Dr Geoff Jenkins, Hadley Centre, UKMO – Climate change: the message from observations and models
Prof Martin Beniston, Univ of Fribourg, Switzerland – Changes in Alpine Climatology
Lord Julian Hunt, Ex-Director, UKMO – Global approaches to the Climate Change problem
Dr. Eva Oriol-Pibernat , ESA - Our changing climate: what is happening and what can we do about detecting it.