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Title: 3rd National Surface Transportation Weather Symposium


1
3rd National Surface Transportation Weather
Symposium
  • Improving commerce and reducing deaths and
    injuries through innovative weather-related RD
    and applications for the surface transportation
    system

July 25, 2007
2
Welcoming Remarks
  • Mr. Samuel P. Williamson
  • Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Hosted by Office of the Federal Coordinator for
Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
(OFCM)
3
Sponsors and Supporters
  • Sponsors
  • Office of the Federal Coordinator for
    Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
    (OFCM), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
    Administration (NOAA)
  • Road Weather Management Program , Federal Highway
    Administration (FHWA)
  • Professional Partners
  • Surface Transportation Weather Task Force,
    Transportation Research Board
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems and Surface
    Transportation Committee, American Meteorological
    Society
  • Weather Information Applications Special Interest
    Group, ITS America

4
Overview
  • Special Welcome
  • Why We Are Here
  • WIST Improvements
  • Symposium Goals
  • Logistics Ground Rules
  • Todays Agenda
  • Keynote Address

5
Special Welcome
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Mr. Jeffrey N. Shane
  • Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy,
    Department of Transportation

6
Special Welcome
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN
    (Ret.)
  • Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and
    Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

7
Special Welcome
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Dr. Gene Whitney
  • Representing
  • Dr. Sharon L. Hays
  • Associate Director of the Office of Science and
    Technology Policy

8
Why we are here
  • Roadway Over 6,442,000 vehicle crashes per year
    on average
  • More than 24 are weather-related (1.57 million)
  • More than 7,400 people killed 670,000 people
    injured
  • 25 of non-recurrent freeway delays are
    weather-related
  • Weather-related delay adds 3.4B to freight costs
    annually
  • Railway 865 weather-related crashes between 1995
    and 2005
  • 8 deaths, 1,242 injuries, and 189M in property
    damages
  • Most crashes related to extreme temperature
    variations
  • Marine Transportation System Between 1996 and
    2000
  • Weather-related causes accounted for 11 of
    marine transportation mishaps and 3.6 of all
    recreational boating mishaps

9
Why we are here
  • Transit National weather-related mishap
    statistics not available
  • However, overall safety incidents decreased from
    2002 to 2004, by 32 fatalities and 278 injuries
  • Pipeline In 2005, 4 weather-related fatalities
    and 14 injuries
  • Three fatalities were attributed to incidents
    caused by temperature and one to high winds
  • Airport Ground Operations National statistics
    not available
  • There are anecdotal examples of weathers impact
  • For example, all airport grounds operations cease
    when lightning is detected within a certain
    distance of an airport

10
WIST Improvements
  • Over 4 years ago, first report on improving
    surface transportation safety and efficiency with
    improved weather/climate information
  • 2002 WIST Report, Weather Information for Surface
    Transportation (WIST)National Needs Assessment
    Report
  • Public, private, and academic coordination and
    collaboration on WIST programs has increased and
    may be starting to show progress

11
WIST Improvements
  • Data collection and incident monitoring is
    limited, however, available, raw data show that
    progress may be occurring. For example
  • Roadways
  • Weather-related roadway crash injuries declined
    3.5 (21, 023 injuries) in the first 2 yrs
    following WIST Report release in 2002
  • During the same period, vehicle-miles driven
    increased by 3.7
  • The 21,023 fewer injuries equate to about 500M
    saved in direct and indirect economic
    consequences
  • Marine Transportation System
  • From 2002 to 2004, weather-related recreational
    boating accidents decreased from 228, with 66
    fatalities, to 178 with 43 fatalities
  • Since 2002, weather has dropped out of the Coast
    Guards Top Ten Contributing Factors for
    recreational accidents

12
WIST Improvements
  • Railway
  • Annual average railway weather-related fatalities
    are much lower than roadways
  • Between 2002 and 2005, property damage attributed
    to weather-related railway accidents decreased by
    1,016,378
  • 511 and local TV/Radio broadcasts
  • User surveys of State 511 road information
    services show that users use weather condition
    information for travel route planning
  • Local television and radio stations now routinely
    carry combined traffic and weather updates
    specific to their broadcast area
  • Trucking and automobile manufactures
  • Some roadway freight lines are equipping their
    trucks to receive NOAA Weather Radio anywhere on
    the Nations highways
  • Automobile manufacturers equipping cars with
    radios that can receive NOAA Weather Radio

13
Symposium Goals
  • Articulate a clear observation strategy for
    surface transportation weather that defines the
    types of data that are needed and the optimal mix
    of observing platforms required to meet those
    needs.

14
Symposium Goals
  • Identify the priorities, challenges, and
    opportunities for research and development that
    will contribute to saving lives, reducing
    injuries, and improving efficiency in the
    Nations surface transportation infrastructure.

15
Symposium Goals
  • Define the needs for advanced computing capacity
    required for surface transportation weather
    modeling and for the assimilation of data from
    multiple data sources.

16
Symposium Goals
  • Identify the needs for new products and services
    driven by current operations or concepts for
    future surface transportation systems.
  • Are there existing capabilities or emerging
    research and development that can be leveraged
    and/or transitioned into operations to meet these
    needs?
  • How can probabilistic forecasts be used to meet
    these needs?

17
Symposium Goals
  • Investigate opportunities to document and
    substantiate the socioeconomic impacts of
    improved surface transportation weather products
    and services.  

18
Symposium Goals
  • Identify the potential and emerging information
    dissemination technologies available to get the
    right message to surface transportation weather
    stakeholders.

19
Symposium Goals
  • Establish partnerships with the stakeholder
    community to ensure that customers and
    stakeholders understand how to effectively use
    surface transportation weather products and
    services in their decision-making processes.

20
Logistics
Chair Mr. Samuel P. Williamson
Conference Coordinators Media Coordinators
Asst. Coordinator for Conference Arrangements
Audiovisual Specialists Registrar Mr.
Frank Estis Lt Col David Andrus Mr. Kent
Laborde Lt Col David Andrus Ms. Erin
McNamara Mr. Ken Barnett Mr. Tony Ramirez Ms.
Dawn Erlich Ms. Cathi Kulat Ms. Carmelitta Riley
21
Logistics
Presentation Timers Session
Coordinators Rapporteurs Ms. Mary
Cairns Mr. Floyd Hauth Mr. Mark Gunzelman Lt Col
David Andrus Mr. Frank Estis Lt Col David
Andrus Mr. Floyd Hauth Mr. Mark Gunzelman Dr.
Betty Hearn Morrow Dr. Paul Try Ms. Mary
Cairns Dr. Mark Weadon Mr. Frank Estis Mr. Donell
Woods
22
Logistics
Icebreaker and Exhibits
Symposium Sessions
Sheraton Premier at Tysons Corner
23
Ground Rules
  • Questions welcomed...time permitting
  • Significant issues reviewed daily at OFCM staff
    meeting
  • Results of discussions and any action items will
    be summarized during the final session

24
This Mornings Agenda
900 AM Keynote Addresses
1030 AM Break 1100 AM Session 1 Improving
Economic and Life Decisions Social and
Economic Impacts and Benefits Moderator Dr.
Denise Stephenson Hawk, NCAR 1230 PM Lunch
25
This Afternoons Agenda
130 PM Session 2 Priorities for Surface
Transportation Weather RD Moderator Ms.
Mary Glackin, NOAA 300 PM Break 330
PM Session 3 Leveraging Related RD
Activities to Benefit Surface
Transportation Moderator Mr. Leon F.
Osborne, Jr., Univ. of ND 500 PM Administrative
Remarks 530 PM Icebreaker
26
Keynote Address
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Mr. Jeffrey N. Shane
  • Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy,
    Department of Transportation

27
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28
Keynote Address
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN
    (Ret.)
  • Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and
    Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

29
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30
Keynote Address
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Dr. Gene Whitney
  • Representing
  • Dr. Sharon L. Hays
  • Associate Director of the Office of Science and
    Technology Policy

31
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32
Break 1030 1100 a.m.
33
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34
Session 1
  • Improving Economic and Life Decisions Social and
    Economic Impacts and Benefits
  • Dr. Denise Stephenson Hawk
  • NCAR Associate Director and Director of the
    Societal-Environmental Research and Education
    Laboratory

35
Session 1
  • Dr. Christopher Cluett
  • Battelle Memorial Institute, System Evaluation
  • Mr. James Wright
  • 511 Travel Information Service Coordinator,
    American Association of State Highway and
    Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  • Ms. Julie Demuth
  • Associate Scientist, NCAR Societal Impacts
    Program/Institute for the Study of Society and
    Environment/Research Applications Laboratory
  • Dr. Betty Hearn Morrow
  • Consulting Sociologist

36
Lunch 1230 a.m. 130 p.m.
37
Session 2
  • Priorities for Surface Transportation Weather RD
  • Ms. Mary Glackin
  • Acting Assistant Administrator for Weather
    Services and Acting Director, National Weather
    Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric
    Adminitration

38
Session 2
  • Dr. Nelson Keeler
  • Director, Office of Aviation Programs, John A.
    Volpe National Transportation Systems Center,
    Research and Innovative Technology
    Administration, U.S. DOT
  • Ms. Shelley J. Row
  • Director Intelligent Transportation
    Systems Joint Program Office, Research and
    Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. DOT
  • Mr. Richard Edwing
  • Marine Transportation System Program Manager,
  • National Ocean Service, NOAA
  • Dr. Alexander E. MacDonald
  • Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAA Research
    Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, and
    Director of the NOAA Earth System Research
    Laboratory

39
Break 300 p.m. 330 p.m.
40
Session 3
  • Leveraging Related RD Activities to Benefit
    Surface Transportation
  • Mr. Leon F. Osborne, Jr.
  • Professor Atmospheric Sciences, University of
    North Dakota

41
Session 3
  • Mr. Kenneth M. Leonard
  • Director, Aviation Weather Office, Operations
    Planning Services, Federal Aviation
    Administration
  • Mr. Jay J. Adams
  • Global Product Marketing Manager
  • Entertainment and Communications at Delphi
  • Mr. Mark Gunzelman
  • Senior Scientist, Science and Technology
    Corporation
  • Mr. Bob Dreisewerd
  • Vice President and Director of Forecast Services,
    Baron Services
  • Mr. Jon Pollack
  • Vice-President GeoDecisions, Armys IRRIS Program

42
  • Icebreaker
  • 530 700 PM

43
Session 4
  • Observation Data Requirements for Surface
    Transportation
  • Dr. Walter Dabberdt
  • Director, Strategic Research, Vaisala Group

44
Session 4
  • Dr. Walter Dabberdt
  • Director, Strategic Research, Vaisala Group
  • Mr. Chris Bunce
  • Manager, Geotechnical Engineering, Canadian
    Pacific Railway
  • Mr. Paul A. Pisano
  • Team Leader, Road Weather Management Program,
    Federal Highway Administration
  • Dr. James OSullivan
  • Program Manager, NOAA Surface Weather Program,
    and Acting Chief, NWS Observing Services
    Division
  • Colonel Michael Babcock
  • Deputy for Federal Programs, Directorate of
    Weather, United States Air Force

45
Break 935 a.m. 1005 a.m.
46
Session 5
  • Modeling and Prediction Required Products and
    Services
  • Mr. Kenneth Graham
  • Chief, Meteorological Services Division, Office
    of Climate, Water and Weather Services, NOAA
    National Weather Service

47
Session 5
  • Dr. Stephen Lord, Director
  • Environmental Modeling Center, National Centers
    for Environmental Prediction, NOAA National
    Weather Service
  • Dr. Kevin Petty
  • Scientific Program Manager, National Center for
    Atmospheric Research
  • Mr. Ralph Patterson
  • Traffic Operation Center (TOC), Utah DOT
  • Dr. Richard Shirkey
  • U.S. Army Research Laboratory, CISD/Battlefield
    Environment Division, White Sands Missile Range,
    New Mexico
  • Mr. Jeffrey Johnson
  • Chief Science Officer, DTN/Meteorlogix

48
Lunch 1135 a.m. 100 p.m.
49
Session 6
  • Weather Information Dissemination in Support of
    Effective Decision Making
  • Mr. Dave Jones
  • CEO, President and Founder of StormCenter
    Communications, Inc.

50
Session 6
  • Mr. John Ogren
  • Deputy Director, Central Region, NOAA National
    Weather Service
  • Dr. Patrick Welsh
  • Executive Director Advanced Weather Information
    Systems Laboratory, University of North Florida
  • Mr. Dave Lusk
  • Senior Manager, Global Operations Control, FedEx
    Express
  • Mr. Paul Trotter
  • Meteorologist-in-Charge, New Orleans/Baton Rouge
    WFO (Slidell) Louisiana
  • Mr. Mike Steinberg
  • Senior Vice-President, AccuWeather, Inc.

51
Break 230 p.m. 300 p.m.
52
Session 7
  • Research to Operations The Pathway to
    Operational Implementation
  • Mr. Richard Wagoner Deputy Director, Research
    Applications Laboratory, NCAR

53
Session 7
  • Ms. Gloria Kulesa
  • Program Manager, Weather Research and
    Development Program, Federal Aviation
    Administration
  • Mr. Leland D. Smithson
  • American Association of State Highway and
    Transportation Officials, Snow and Ice Pooled
    Fund Cooperative Program Coordinator
  • Dr. Lars Peter Riishojgaard
  • Director, Joint Center for Satellite Data
    Assimilation
  • Dr. Walter D. Bach, Jr.
  • Program Manager, Environmental Sciences
    Division, Army Research Office, United States
    Army
  • Ms. Mary M. Cairns
  • Senior Staff Meteorologist, Office of the
    Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services
    and Supporting Research

54
  • Exhibits and Reception
  • 500 700 PM

55
Session 8
  • Keys to Success
  • Creating Synergy in All Components of Surface
    Transportation Weather Applications
  • Dr. Paul D. Try
  • Senior Vice President, Science and Technology
    Corporation

56
Session 8
  • Dr. Elbert W. (Joe) Friday
  • Professor Emeritus, University of Oklahoma
  • Dr. John T. Snow
  • Professor of Meteorology, Dean, College of
    Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, and
    Administrator, National Weather Center,
    University of Oklahoma
  • Dr. Alexander E. (Sandy) MacDonald
  • Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAA Research
    Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, and
    Director of the NOAA Earth System Research
    Laboratory
  • Mr. Anthony T. (Tony) Furst
  • Director, Office of Freight Management and
    Operations, and Acting Director, Office of
    Transportation Operations, Federal Highway
    Administration
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