Registration: Alaska Weather Symposium
March 3, 2011
AWS11, the fifth annual Alaska Weather Symposium, will take place on the UAF campus March 15-16. More than 20 scientists and researchers will meet to discuss how to improve current weather forecasts and develop new, more accurate forecasting methods. Alaska’s size, geography and location create a variety of distinct climate types, yet there are few ground-based weather stations throughout the state that forecasters can use to make more accurate weather predictions or to use for model evaluation and development of improved modeling methods.
Accuracy is vital when lives and millions of dollars are at stake. Alaska’s airspace is heavily used for cargo and passenger transport, tourism drives much of the state’s economy and the exploration and extraction of natural resources are all impacted by weather. AWS11 is organized and sponsored by the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, Alaska Region NOAA National Weather Service, UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics, UAF Geophysical Institute and the International Arctic Research Center. Sessions will be held in the Elvey Auditorium and the Globe Room. There is no registration fee, but for planning purposes, registration is required by Tuesday, March 8. For more information, visit http://weather.arsc.edu/Events/AWS11/.