| Twelfth Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West |
Thursday, November 3, 2005Desert Research InstituteReno, Nevada |
| The Twelfth Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the
Intermountain West was held on November 3, 2005 at the
Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nevada. The objectives of these annual workshops
are to discuss major issues related to operational meteorology over the western United States
and to foster interaction between applied meteorologists, research scientists and others who
rely on operational weather forecasts or data. The workshop is hosted in alternate years by
DRI and the University of Utah with sponsorship by the DRI / NOAA Cooperative Institute for
Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications (CIASTA)
and the University of Utah / NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional
Prediction (CIRP).
This year's Workshop had two primary focus areas: Transportation Weather and Air Quality Forecasting and Impacts with focus on the operational prediction methods, monitoring networks and management challenges specific to the Intermountain West. Priority was given to presentations/posters that addressed these themes, for example, studies of aircraft icing and turbulence, terminal/route forecasting procedures, runway weather and flight hazards associated with complex terrain, road weather monitoring and prediction for heavy snowfalls and other mountain/valley hazards, air pollution transport and deposition, valley fog/haze prediction and remediation, and blowing dust, snow and wildfire impacts on visibility and public safety.
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