The theme for the 2017 AMS Annual Meeting, “Observations Lead the Way”, highlights the importance of observations in several core areas of the AMS. For research and operational weather models, observations are needed for data assimilation and model verification. As climate models incorporate more complex physical processes and feedback loops, observations are needed to aid model development and verification. In the social sciences, observations are necessary to understand how the general public receives and processes weather information and how weather forecasts affect the economy. The development and intelligent use of new instruments to collect observations is an important area across all aspects of meteorological research. Observations are also key to understanding the new energy economy and to expanding the use of new energy technologies. The overarching theme “Observations Lead the Way” is strongly tied to the core areas of the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy.
The AMS Energy and Renewable Energy Committees invite participation from researchers and practitioners who are experienced in and/or are studying the linkages between weather, climate, water and the energy complex. Participation may range from practitioner presentations (non-academic) to submission of academic papers and published research. Papers and posters are invited on all subjects dealing with the energy complex, including observational and theoretical meteorology, modeling, forecasting, and applied studies.
The planned sessions will cover a breadth of topics; however abstracts in the following areas are particularly encouraged:
Special sessions are planned on IEA Task 36 - Forecasting for Wind Energy (contact: Will Shaw) and WFIP2 (contact: Melinda Marquis). Participants may also address the changing dimensions of the traditional energy complex (e.g., electricity, natural gas and oil) as well as transformational technologies (e.g., wind, solar) in the rapidly growing renewable energy marketplace. The Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy promises to be an essential experience for those whose work intersects with the energy complex!
IEA Task 36: Forecasting for Wind Energy
Note: This is a special session for presenters involved with the International Energy Agency (IEA) Task on Forecasting for Wind Energy. General abstracts on forecasting for wind energy can be submitted to one of the joint sessions titled "Climate data and modeling applied to long-term renewable energy resource development" or "Observation and forecast requirements to support high penetration of renewable generation sources on a regional and national scale."
• Lidar Applications to the Energy Sector (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications)
• Statistical and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Applications in the Energy Sector (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences)
• Application papers for measurements, calibrations and performance of sensors as applied to wind energy (Joint between the Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation and the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy)
• Climate data and modeling applied to long-term renewable energy resource development (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction)
• Lidar Applications to the Energy Sector (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications)
• Linking the MJO to the Energy Sector: Observational Needs and Societal Impacts (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact)
• Observation and forecast requirements to support high penetration of renewable generation sources on a regional and national scale (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction)
• Statistical and artificial intelligence/machine learning applications in the energy sector (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences)
• The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2) (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy and the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction)
The $95 abstract fee (payable by credit card or purchase order) is refundable only if your abstract is not accepted.
Your fee includes your abstract, extended abstract (optional), and your recorded oral presentation posted to the online program which is available to all visitors for free.
The Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy values student participation. As we have done in the past, we will have awards for the best student presentations to encourage student participation. Presentations will be judged based on scientific content and effectiveness of communication. In addition, we will be offering one partial travel award ($500) for a student with an outstanding abstract. In order to be eligible for the award, students must be:
-Enrolled as a full-time student (either undergraduate or graduate) at a university
-The lead author of an abstract accepted to the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy
-The presenter of their work at the AMS Annual Meeting
To apply, please fill out the travel award application and submit it to Jennifer Newman ([email protected]), along with a copy of your presentation abstract, by November 1, 2016.
For additional information please contact the program chairperson(s):
For the Energy Committee: Larry Gloeckler and Brian D'Agostino
For the Renewable Energy Committee: Andy Clifton and Jennifer Newman