Call For Papers Reminder for the WAS*IS Session at the Boston AAG Meeting in April:
Carlie Lawson passed along this (slightly edited) call for papers reminder. The deadline is in one week. See the call below the message from Carlie:
It's time for that WAS*IS session Call for Papers reminder I promised you a few weeks back (and I'm sure you've been waiting with baited breath for)! Yes, it's long-ish. Please, forgive me for that and read on!
We're closing in on the Association of American Geographers official deadline for abstracts which is Halloween, October 31. Although our session organizers have (by necessity) set earlier dates than this for submitting abstracts to us, if you absolutely can't make the earlier deadlines, give my shirt sleeve a virtual tug and I'll see about adding you. The October 31, 2007 date however, is set by AAG, and I can't do anything about that. Sorry.
Let me clarify a few points/questions:
1. You don't have to be a participant of a WAS*IS workshop in order to present in these sessions.
2. You don't have to be a geographer to present at AAG.
3. Jenn and I are serious about the "but not limited to" clause in our session abstract. Even if your research isn't described in the specific points we suggest, please e-mail one of us. We just couldn't think of everything and we really are interested in showing just how diverse the idea/practice of integrated studies is/can be.
4. If you know of someone who's not already received this call for papers (i.e. isn't in that massive list of folks on this e-mail), yes , please forward it to them. This includes your students, other professors, other researchers, your Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), your family members, etc. LOL No need to ask.
5. Students: if you're low on funds, volunteer to work a shift for the AAG. You'll get half off your registration, and you'll be paid $8 an hour. For details, visit http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/volunteer.htm.
6. A big, huge thank you to the Climate Specialty Group and the Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography Specialty Group for co-sponsoring Jenn and I's WAS*IS session. We appreciate your involvement and cooperation!
Here, again, for your reading enjoyment are the calls for papers for both sessions being organized by WAS*IS.Call for Papers 2008 AAG Meeting, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008
Weather and Society*Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Session
Co-sponsored by the Climate Specialty Group and the Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography Specialty Group
Organizers: Jennifer Cox (City University of New York Graduate Center) and Carlie Lawson (Natural Hazards Consulting)
WAS*IS engages in identifying and pursuing research opportunities in addition to improving or facilitating the ongoing relationships among practitioners, researchers, and stakeholders in meteorology and the social sciences. This panel session seeks theoretical, empirical, or practical applications that demonstrate the integration of weather research and societal impacts.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Quantitative or qualitative methodologies for improving understanding, communication, and use of weather and climate information,
- Communicating uncertainty and forecasts,
- Intersections of warnings, response and emergency management,
- Research in mitigation, preparedness, and sustainability,
- Role of technology for modeling or mapping hazards and vulnerability.
We invite papers exploring new approaches to study weather, climate, and society.
Please submit your abstract (250 words or less) and PIN to one of the organizers, Jennifer Cox ( jennrcox@gmail.com) or Carlie Lawson (naturalhazard@gmail.com) by October 22, 2007.
If you have any questions about the sessions, please contact the organizers.
Climatology and Hazards of Severe Weather SessionCo-sponsored by the Climate Specialty Group and Hazards Specialty Group
Organizer: Walker Ashley (Meteorology Program, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University)
Severe weather poses a significant threat to societies around the world. Improving the forecasts and warnings of these events is a result of advancements in analysis and forecasting techniques, technologies, dissemination methods, and the new scientific understanding that develops from basic and applied research such as descriptive or synoptic climatologies. This paper session will explore the climatology and hazards of tornadoes, hail, high winds, lightning, floods, and/or severe winter-weather phenomenon. Contributors are encouraged to provide descriptive or synoptic climatologies of severe weather phenomena, assess past hazards or illustrate the future risks and potential vulnerabilities of societies to severe weather events, and/or present novel techniques in overcoming issues related to severe weather reporting procedures.
Please submit your abstract (250 words or less) and PIN to the organizer, Walker Ashley (washley@niu.edu) by October 29, 2007.
http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/papers.htm#abstracts
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