National Weather Association (NWA)

2010 Annual Meeting Abstract Submission Form

Please use the following form to submit your abstract to the NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee for the 35th NWA Annual Meeting to be held at the Marriott Tucson University Park, across from the main gate of the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, from October 2-7, 2010.

Abstracts, all author's names and affiliations, and the presenting author's affiliation address (for correspondence) will be printed in the meeting program, therefore, please review all entries before submitting to ensure accuracy and completeness.

If you need to make changes before final printing of the meeting program, please submit another full entry indicating it is a change from one submitted (give old paper title and date of submission at the beginning of the abstract text entry). If the change is short/minor, please e-mail it to the Program Committee Chair at annualmeeting@nwas.org and exdir@nwas.org.

Thank you for your superb efforts in accomplishing research, preparing a presentation and for your willingness to share it with NWA members and others to help make the NWA Annual Meeting a great learning opportunity for all attending. The NWA does not require a completed paper. Many of the abstracts submitted are on "works in progress" where authors are looking for comments on furthering their work and wanting to excite others to use the findings to improve weather support elsewhere.

Presenting Author Name:  required

Affiliation (office/agency/school, city and state):

Business or school address as applicable:
Street:
City:
State:
Zip:
Country:

E-mail address: required

 Check here if you would NOT like your contact information listed in the Annual Meeting's Program Guide.

Do you plan to attend the Monday Evening icebreaker at the Arizona State Museum?
Yes    No

If you are a student, do you wish to be considered for the Best Student Presentation awards?
Undergraduate student: Yes    No
Graduate student: Yes    No

Second Author Name: Affiliation (office/agency/school, city and state):
Third Author Name: Affiliation (office/agency/school, city and state):
Fourth Author Name: Affiliation (office/agency/school, city and state):
Fifth Author Name: Affiliation (office/agency/school, city and state):

Title of Presentation:

Abstract text:
Hint: simply copy and paste from your word processor, you can add more authors/affiliations here if there wasn't room above. Please limit your abstracts to less than 3000 characters.

Preferred Presentation choice:
Oral
Poster

Presentation topic (choose more than one as appropriate):
Fire and Ice: Science and Society
Aviation Meteorology
Broadcast Meteorology
Climatology and/or Climate Change
Convection and Lightning
Decision Support for High Impact Events
Fire Weather
Heavy Rain/Flooding
Hydrology and/or Water Resources
Local/Regional NWP
Long Range Forecasting
Marine Weather/Forecasting
Military Weather Operations
Public Outreach/Customer Service
Radar Meteorology
Remote Sensing Applications & Technologies
Satellite Meteorology
Severe Weather
Modeling/Numerical Weather Prediction
Training/Education/Professional Development
Tropical Weather
Use of Uncertainty & Probabilistic Forecasting
Weather Analysis and Forecasting
Winter Weather
Other *

* If Other, Please Specify:

Audio/Video Equipment Needs:
Overhead Projector
Laptop Computer
VHS/VCR
Other *

* If Other, Please Specify:

Software and Communication Needs:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Corel Presentations
Internet Access
Mac Presentation software
Other *

* If Other, Please Specify

Program committee may be posting PowerPoint presentations on the Web site after the meeting. Do you give permission to the Program Committee to post yours?
Yes     No

We suggest you print a copy of this page for your records before you submit. The form may take a few seconds to submit, so please be patient. You will receive an e-mail indicating the abstract was received. If you have questions for the Program Committee Chair, please e-mail Erik Pytlak at: annualmeeting@nwas.org. If you have problems with this form or in transmitting it, please contact the NWA office at (919) 845-1546 or exdir@nwas.org. Thank you again!

Presenters will be notified via e-mail regarding the disposition of their abstracts by 15 August 2010 from the Program Committee. A preliminary agenda will be posted on the NWA Web site by early August for presenters to review and proofread. E-mail messages will be sent to presenters notifying them of the agenda posting.

Prior to the meeting, an FTP site will be established for authors to upload their oral presentation slides so that they can be run on NWA laptop computers. This will facilitate a smooth transition from one speaker to the next during the Annual Meeting sessions.

If you are not an NWA member and would like to consider joining, please browse to www.nwas.org/membership/. You do not have to be an NWA member to submit an abstract or to give a presentation at the Annual Meeting. Presenters and members are given discount meeting registration rates. Preregistration forms will be available in the NWA Newsletter and on the NWA Web site in June 2010.



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