Seminars and Events
   
Date Speakers Topic
   

2004

April 15, 2004 Dr. Chris Landsea
Jason Dunion
AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami, FL
"A Re-analysis of Two Catastrophic
South Florida Hurricanes: Donna and Andrew"
   
May 19, 2004 John Guaraldi
NBC 6 News
Miami, FL
Tour of NBC 6 studios and weather facilities    
   
July 15,2004 Dr. Mark DeMaria
NESDIS
Boulder,CO
"New Products for Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Intensity Forecasting"
   
Dec 7, 2004 Timothy J. Schmit
NESDIS-ASP Team
Madison, WI
"20 years of GOES measurements -- from 2005 to 2025"
   

2005

Feb 22, 2005 Bryan Norcross
CBS 4 News
Miami, FL
"Why the Emergency Communications System Is Worse Than It Was 30 Years Ago".
   
May 18, 2005 Dr. Sharan Majumdar
Univ. of Miami-RSMAS
Miami, FL
"Where should we collect extra observations to improve hurricane forecasts?"
   
June 16, 2005 Craig Setzer
CBS 4 News
Miami, FL
Tour of CBS 4 studios and weather facilities
   
   

2006

June 1, 2006 Eric Blake, Rob Rogers, Craig Setzer,
Stan Goldenberg, and Dave Nolan
Panel
Panel Discussion: "Will the 2006 hurricane season be a repeat of the 2004 and 2005 seasons?"    
   

2007

April 4, 2007 Dr. Brian Mapes
RSMAS/UMiami
Miami, FL
"The Central American region's mid-summer 'drought'"
   
May 4, 2007 Dr. Mark Powell
AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami, FL
"Integrated Kinetic Energy: A new metric for tropical cyclone destructive potential"
   
June 14, 2007 Eric Salna
Disaster Survival House
Deerfield Beach, FL
" Hurricane Warning and Preparedness"
   
September 12, 2007 Eric Salna
Disaster Survival House
Deerfield Beach, FL
" Disaster Survival House as an outreach tool"
   
September 19, 2007 Rusty Pfost
MIC - NWSFO Miami
Miami, FL
" The History of Weather Observation in Miami"
   
December 13, 2007 Max Mayfield, Jaime Rhome, Shirley Murillo,
C. Douglas Bass, and Neal Dorst
Panel
Panel Discussion: Nature's Fury : South Florida Hurricanes  
   

2008

February 07, 2008 Gordon Strassberg
NWSFO Miami
Miami, FL
"Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) Utility in Tornado Detection"
   
February 13, 2008 Dr. Sim Aberson
Dr. Rob Rogers
AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami, FL
"An Encounter with Hurricane Felix"
   
May 6, 2008 Dr. Peter Black
Naval Research Laboratory
Monterey, CA
"Typhoon Structure Change- 2008:
Plans for a multi-aircraft experiment in WPAC"
   
May 15, 2008 Ben Nelson
State Meteorologist
Tallahassee, FL
"Florida's State Meteorological Support Unit"
   
June 26, 2008 Bill Read
Director, NHC
Miami, FL
"Hurricane Preparedness - State of the Union"
   
July 7, 2008 Katherine Winters
Launch Weather Officer
Patrick AFB, FL
"Forecasting Operations at the Kennedy Space Center"
   
July 15, 2008 Dr. William Gray
Colorado State University Ft. Collins, CO
"Human-Induced Global Warming:
The Great Exaggeration"
   
July 23, 2008 Scott Prinos
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
"USGS Hurricane Storm Surge and Flood Monitoring"
   
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