AGENDA

MONDAY - APRIL 24, 2006

8:00-9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast – Biology Building B-392
9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks - Dr. Ramon Vazquez Dean Engineering, Dr. Robin Williams & Dr, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Conference Chairs
9:15-12:00 Extreme Weather Events and their Economic Impact - Biology Building Auditorium, B-392
9:00-9:30 Stephen Leatherman, International Hurricane Research Center, “Hurricanes and insurance”
9:40-10:00 Mark Jury, UPR Mayagüez, “Exploring relationships between regional climate variability and Atlantic Hurricanes”
10:10-10:20 Steve Morey, Florida State University, “Modeling the ocean response to air-sea fluxes during tropical cyclones"
11:00-11:30 Dmitry Dukhovskoy, Florida State University, “The long-wave response of low-latitudes shelves to tropical cyclones”
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch - Physics Building Eugene Francis Room (F-229)
1:30-3:10 Caribbean Climate Dynamics - Biology Building
1:30-2:00 Michael Taylor, University of West Indies-Mona “Overview of Caribbean Climate”
2:10-2:30 John Charlery, University of West Indies, Cave Hill,“Exploring the relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation and rainfall patterns In the Eastern Caribbean”
2:-30-2:50 Scott Stripling, NOAA NWS, San Juan, “Meteorological and oceanographic factors contributing to the onset of the 2005 NE Caribbean coral bleaching event”
2:50-3:10 Nazario Ramirez, UPR Mayagüez, “Detecting climate change in the Caribbean basin”
3:10-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-4:30 Aeorosol Dynamics
3:30-3:50 Olga Mayol, UPR Rio Piedras, Vernon Morris, Howard University, “Aerosols and Climate: Chemical and physical characterization of atmospheric particles in the Caribbean Rrgion”
3:50-4:10 Craig Tepley, Arecibo Observatory, “Aerosol Lidar development at the Arecibo Observatory”
4:10-4:30 Vikram Pandya, UPR Mayagüez, “Modeling cloud droplet growth due to condensation in the presence of turbulence
4:30 A shuttle will be picking up people from the Biology building to the Colegio de Ingenieros
4:30-6:00 Poster Session - Colegio de Ingenieros
6:00-9:00 Reception and Dinner - Colegio de Ingenieros, transportation will be provided

TUESDAY APRIL, 25 2006
8:30-12:00 am Land Use and Public Policy - Physics Building, Eugene Francis Room, F-229
8:30-9:15 Bob Bornstein, San Jose University, “Modeling urban meteorology for air quality applications, with an emphasis on tropical coastal cities”
9:30-9:50 Robert B. Waide, University of New Mexico, “Factors influencing the changing climate of the Luquillo mountains, Puerto Rico”
9:50-10:10 Jeff Luvall, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, “The use of ATLAS data to quantify surface radioactive budget alteration through urbanization for San Juan, Puerto Rico”
10:30-10:50 Jorge Gonzalez, University of Santa Clara, “On the Validation and Impact of the Urban Heat Island in the tropical coastal city of San Juan, Puerto Rico”
10:50-11:10 Elias Gutierrez, UPR Rio Piedras, “Risk Assessment and Planning Under conditions of climate change
11:10-12:00 Education in Caribean Climate, Ricardo Morales, UPR Rio Piedras, Miguel Vélez, UPR Mayagüez, “Panel Discussion”
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch - Physics Building, Eugene Francis Room F-229
1:30-4:30 Modeling Caribbean Climate - Physics Building, Eugene Francis Room F-229
1:30-2:10 Norman Miller, Lawrence Berkley Nat. Lab, “Multiple emission scenario-based analyses of projected extreme heat and energy demand”
2:10-2:30 José Hernández & Bob Oglesby, Oak Ridge National Lab “High resolution regional modeling and land use in Central America”
2:-30-2:50 Cécile Penland, NOAA Climate Diagnostic Center, “Enhanced predictability of sea surface temperatures using a nonnormal filter”
3:10-3:30 Moisés Malaspina, UPR Mayagüez, “An assessment of future Caribbean climate changes using the BAU scenario by coupling a Global Circulation Model with a Regional Model”
3:3-3:50 Amos Winter, UPR Mayaguez
4:00-4:30 Adjourn
POSTER SESSION PAPERS

  Albert Owino, PAM Dept. WCSU “Large-Scale Circulation Features of the Caribbean  Dry Season”

·    Bereket Lebassi & Jorge E. Gonzalez , Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara “Observational and  modeling study of urban heat
islands in the California Central Valley

·    Jose A. Salinas (Magaña), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico “Easterly wave-mean flow interaction over the Caribbean Sea”

·    Nazario Ramirez & Joan Castro, UPR Mayaguez “A transfer function model to predict hurricane intesity”

·    Tannecia S. Stephenson, Michael Taylor, Jayaka D. Campbell, and Felicia S. Whyte, University of West Indies, Mexico “Statistical Modeling for the Caribbean Early and Late Wet Seasons using Rainfall Zones”

·    Andrew Pike, Dept EES Philadelphia “Wavelet analysis of rainfall variability in Puerto Rico to assess regional
climate change”

·    Ana Picon, UPR Mayaguez “Cross-comparing the Retrieval of Surface Properties from Satellite and
Airborne Sensors to Study the Urban Climate in Tropical Coastal Cities”

·    David Murphy , Sony-Syracuse “Using Simulation Models in Urban Planning to Help Mitigate Urban Heat
Islands: Developing for Quality of Life”

·    John Porter, University of Hawaii “Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Cycle in a
Tropical Drainage Basin: Progress Report”

·    Eric Harmsen & Marcel Giovanni Prieto, UPR Mayaguez ““Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on the
Hydrologic Cycle in a Tropical Drainage Basin: Progress Report

·    Vazjier Rosario, UPR Mayaguez “Statistical Aerosol distribution over the north-west region of Puerto Rico
using AO LIDAR data.”

·    Yurin Holguino, UPR Mayaguez “Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model for Caribbean Region”

Topics

    • Extreme Weather Events and their Economic Impact
    • Caribbean Climate Dynamics
    • Aerosol Dynamics
    • Land Use and Public Policy
    • Education in Caribbean Climate
    • Modeling Caribbean Climate

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