<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cb5d46f-e699-e746-ffd1-f0b10c186e1e"><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:23px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2015 Alaska Weather Symposium, 11&12 May 2015</span></h3><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Symposium URL --</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/aws2015/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/aws2015/</span></a></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">11-12 May 2015</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Piggybacking with the OCONUS Technical Interchange Meeting held 12-15 May 2015.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">University of Alaska Anchorage Aviation Technology Center, Merrill Field </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anchorage, Alaska</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 2015 Alaska Weather Symposium is a forum for the exchange of operational and research information related to weather in the Alaska environment. Participation from academic, research, government, military and private sectors is encouraged. Areas of focus are anticipated to be</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remote sensing of Alaska atmosphere</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data assimilation</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Air-sea interaction</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Air quality and renewable energy</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Downscaling climate/weather simulations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hazardous event forecasting</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">However, all abstracts relating to weather in Alaska will be welcome</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The week of 11-15 May will begin with the Alaska Weather Symposium. Sometime in the middle of the day on the 12th, topics will gradually shift from Alaska Weather towards those of interest to the OCONUS crowd, and somewhere in here we will end the Alaska Weather Symposium and start the OCONUS meeting.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important Dates</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">20 March 2015 - Abstract Deadline </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">27 March 2015 - Author Notification, Registration Opens</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">20 April 2015 - Registration Deadline</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contacts</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Don Morton </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(85,26,139);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Don.Morton@alaska.edu">Don.Morton@alaska.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nicole Mölders </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(85,26,139);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:cmoelders@alaska.edu">cmoelders@alaska.edu</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eric Stevens </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(85,26,139);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:eric@gina.alaska.edu">eric@gina.alaska.edu</a></span></p></li></ul><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Symposium URL --</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:19px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/aws2015/" style="text-decoration:none">https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/aws2015/</a></span></p><div><br></div></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Arctic Region Supercomputing Center</div><div>University of Alaska Fairbanks</div><div>Office phone: +1 907 450 8679</div><div>Personal web: <a href="http://www.borealscicomp.com/Miscellaneous/MortonBio/" target="_blank">http://www.borealscicomp.com/Miscellaneous/MortonBio/</a></div><div></div></div></div></div>
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