| 4th AMS Conference on Coastal
Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes Will Join the ERF
2001 Biennial Conference
Christopher N. K. Mooers
cmooers@rsmas.miami.edu
The 4th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Conference on Coastal
Oceanic and Atmospheric Prediction and Processes, will be held
6-9 November 2001. The event is being organized by the Scientific
and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) for Meteorology, Oceanography,
and Hydrology of the Coastal Zone (MOHCZ
The goals of the conference are to support the rapid advance of
end-to-end coastal atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic prediction
systems based on a solid scientific foundation. The conference
organizers hope that the conference will:
- Facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information
between coastal meteorologists, oceanographers, and hydrologists.
- Promote the communication and other interactions between researchers,
operational forecasters, associated industries, and customer
groups concerned with environmental prediction in the coastal
zone.
- Stimulate the development of a strong scientific community
and public constituency concerned with vastly improved coastal
environmental information services.
- Foster the identification of the major feedbacks between the
coastal atmosphere, ocean, and landmass to identify the opportunities
for, and limits to, improved prediction.
- Serve as a nexus between other STAC committees, and between
other scientific, engineering, and professional societies, with
common interests.
Because of our focus on environmental prediction, and the processes
that underlie such predictive capability, MOHCZ has a strong corollary
interest in real-time observing systems and the broad distribution
of observational and model products. Hence, we will hold a special
interactive symposium/workshop on Tuesday, 6 November on the topic
of real-time, two-way data exchange between research and operational
communities; this topic has become a special long-term project
for MOHCZ. Participation by ERF scientists will be warmly welcomed.
The Program Committee for next year's conference is cochaired
by Frank Aikman, National Ocean Service/NOAA (Frank.Aikman@noaa.gov)
and Richard Hodur, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL-Monterey) (hodur@nrlmry.navy.mil).
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