[Wrf-users] Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium - Call for Abstracts

[Don Morton]

            The Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium
                         13-15 March 2007
                  University of Alaska Fairbanks

                        Call for Abstracts

The following sponsors (listed alphabetically)

-       Alaska Region, NOAA National Weather Service
-       Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (UAF)
-       College of Natural Science and Mathematics (UAF)
-       Geophysical Institute (UAF)
-       International Arctic Research Center (UAF)

invite you to attend the first Great Alaska Weather Modeling
Symposium.  The symposium provides a forum for the exchange of
research results and discussion of problems and new developments in
weather modeling activities related to the Alaska environment.
Participation from academic, research, government and private sectors
is encouraged.

Primary areas of focus are anticipated to be
-       Routine weather forecasting
-       Aircraft icing
-       Air pollution prediction (Keynote Speaker: Georg A. Grell)
-       Polar WRF (Keynote Speaker: David Bromwich)
-       Coupling of WRF with other models
-       General aspects of Alaska weather modeling
However, all abstracts relating to weather modeling in Alaska are welcome.

Schedule/Venue
This will be a three-day symposium held at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks campus from Tuesday through Thursday, 13-15 March.  Snacks
will be provided and meals will be on-your-own, with an organized
evening out at a local establishment.

Abstract Submission
The deadline for one-paragraph abstracts for a 20-30-minute
presentation is Tuesday, 9 January 2007.  See the symposium web page
for abstract submission procedures

Registration
Registration is required by Tuesday, 27 February 2007.  See the
symposium web page for registration instructions.  There is no
registration fee.


Symposium Web Page:  http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~kramm/gawms


-- 
Don Morton
Department of Computer Science
The University of Montana - Missoula
http://www.cs.umt.edu/~morton/