Hill Events
2012 Briefings
Saving Lives in the Path of Destructive Tornadoes, March 29, 2012
Video of Briefing
Veronica Johnson, Broadcast Meteorologist, NBC4 Washington (Moderator)
David Stensrud, Chief, Forecast Research and Development Division, National Severe Storms Laboratory
Keith Stammer, Director, Emergency Management Division, Joplin/Jasper County, Missouri
Julie Demuth, Scientist, Societal Impacts Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research That Pays Off: The Economic Benefits of Federally Funded R&D, March 16, 2012
Video of Briefing
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Correspondent, The Economist, & Author of Need, Speed & Greed
Fred Block, Research Professor of Sociology, University of California at Davis
Katie Hunt, R&D Director, Innovation Sourcing & sustainable Technologies, The Dow Chemical Company
Simon Tripp, Senior Director, Technology Partnership Practice, Battelle Memorial Institute
2011 Briefings
Solar Storms: Disruptions to Technology & Risks to the Economy
Presentations below:
Congressman Jared Polis -- welcoming remarks
Kathy Sullivan, NOAA
Jon Malay, Lockheed Martin -- moderator
Joan Burkepile, NCAR High Altitude Observatory
Captain Rocky Stone , United Airlines
Ron Hatch, NavCom Technology/John Deere
Elizabeth Zimmerman, FEMA
Tornadoes: Understanding the Risks & Providing Early Warning
Presentations below:
Senator Mary Landrieu, Co-Chair, Congressional Hazards Caucus
Yvette Richardson, Penn State Univ.
Jim Stefkovich, NOAA National Weather Service
Marc Levitan, NIST
Questions & Answers
Winter Wonderland: Extremes, Hazards and Blackouts -- What Gives?
Presentations below:
- Welcome and Introduction by Cindy Schmidt, UCAR
- Dr. James (Jim) Hurrell, NCAR
- Dr. Lance Bosart, Univ. at Albany/SUNY
- Stephen (Steve) Bennett, EarthRisk Technologies
2010 Briefings
Tornadoes: Understanding How They Develop and Providing Early Warning
Presentations:
John Snow, University of Oklahoma
Roger Wakimoto, NCAR
Steven Zubrick, NOAA
"Hurricanes and Oil Will Mix: Managing Risk Now"
Presentations with audio:
Heidi Cullen, Climate Central
Greg Holland, NCAR
Rick Luettich, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rowan Douglas, Willis Re
"Climate Science: Key Questions and Answers"
Panelists:
Alan Leshner, AAAS
Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Warren Washington, NCAR
Richard Smith, Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Tiny Particles with Big Consequences: Black Carbon, Climate & Air Quality
Panelists:
Welcome by Senator Bingaman
Jay Gulledge, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Tami Bond, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Allen Schaefer, Diesel Technology Forum
John Bachmann, Vision Air Consulting
2010 Hearings
May 6, 2010
House Select Comm. on Energy Independence & Global Warming.
"The Foundation for Climate Science."
April 14, 2010
House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee -- members of subcommittee and outside witnesses on FY 2011 CJS Request.
Witness List And Testimony
Feb. 11, 2010
House CJS Appropriatins Subcommittee:
Outside Witnesses (including Rick Anthes) and Members of Congress
2:00 PM, H309, The Capitol
POSTPONED (Weather) Rescheduled 4-14-10
Feb. 2, 2010
House Science & Technology Committee
Geoengineering II: The Scientific Basis and Engineering Challenges
2009 Hearings
May 6, 2009
Expanding Climate Services at NOAA: Developing the National Climate Service
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science and Technology
Eric Barron's testimony
April 2, 2009
FY 2010 Request for NSF, NASA and NOAA
House Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, House Committee on Appropriations
Jack Fellows' testimony
March 19, 2009
Climate Satellite Requirements and NASA and NOAA Programs
House Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, House Committee on Appropriations
Rick Anthes' testimony
2009 Briefings
November 16 , 2009
Climate Change: Health and Policy Implications
Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine, Professor of Biochemistry/Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park & Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lynn Goldman,
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mary Hayden, Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
September 18, 2009
Regional Climate Models: A Critical Adaptation Tool for Communities and Industry
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University
Greg Holland, Senior Scientist and Acting Director of the Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Cortis Cooper, Chevron Fellow, Chevron Energy Technology Co.
Sarah Cottrell, Energy and Environment Policy Advisor for State of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
WEBCAST of briefing
May 5, 2009
Climate Change Adaptation and Water Resources
Jack Fellows, Vice President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
David Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission & Water Utility Climate Alliance
Jonathan Overpeck, Founding Co-Director, Institute for Environment and Society,
University of Arizona
Bradley Udall, Director, Western Water Assessment Program, University of Colorado
April 1, 2009
Climate Change in the Urban Landscape -- Stakeholder Needs and Adaptation Strategies that Work
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
Jonathan Overpeck, Institute for Environment and Society, University of Arizona
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Co-Chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change
Karen Hobbs, First Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of the Environment
Donald Wuebbles, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
WEBCAST of briefing
2008 Hearings
July 22, 2008 Hearing : "An Update on the Science of Global Warming and its Implications." Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (full committee hearing). Kevin Trenberth testified.
2008 Briefings
- Actions to Make Our Nation More Resilient to Severe Weather and Climate Change
- Nancy Colleton, Executive Director, Alliance for Earth Observations
- Keith Seitter, Executive Director, American Meteorological Society
- Veronica Johnson, Commissioner, Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change, The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Robert Gagosian, President and CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
- Jack Fellows, Vice President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- WEBCAST of briefing
The Energy Challenge of Climate Change: More Urgent Than We Thought
Tom Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jae Edmonds, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland.
Peter Gleick, President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California
WEBCAST of briefing
2007 Hearings
July 11, 2007 "U.S. Weather and Environmental Satellites: Ready for the 21st Century?"
June 28, 2007 "NASA's Earth Science and Applications Programs: FY08 Budget Request & Issues"
May 3, 2007 "Reorienting the USGCRP toward a User-Driven Research Endeavor"
March 13, 2007 "Science & Technology Leadership in a 21st Century Global Economy."
March 7, 2007 "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?"
February 7, 2007 "Climate Change Research and Science Integrity."
January 30, 2007 "Political Influence on Government Climate Change Scientists."
January 30, 2007 "Senators' Perspectives on Global Warming."
2007 Briefings
- "Climate Impacts and Adaptation in the US: Lessons from Agriculture and Water Resources"
Rosina Bierbaum, Professor and Dean of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment
William Easterling, Professor of Geography and Dean of the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Peter Gleick, President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California
WEBCAST of briefing
- "A National Hurricane Research Initiative: Meeting Society's Needs"
Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV Hurricane Specialist, and former Director of the National Hurricane Center
Shuyi Chen, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
Judith Curry, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Craig Fugate, Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management
Greg Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research
WEBCAST of briefing
2006 Briefings
- “Boosting
Private Sector Competitiveness Through Federally Funded Weather &
Environment R&D”
Frank Nutter, Reinsurance Association of America
Maria Pirone, AER, Inc.
Walt Dabberdt, Vaisala Group
Phil Ardanuy, Raytheon Information Solutions
WEBCAST of briefing
2005 Briefings
- U.S.
Water Resources on the Regional Scale: Prediction, Change and Tools
for Mitigation -- Roy Rasmussen, David Yates, John Wilson
- Hurricane
Prediction, Oil Rigs, and Insurance: Katrina, Rita, and Beyond --
Greg Holland, George Forristall, Andreew Castaldi (click here
for the webcast of the briefing, which was held Oct. 11.)
Understanding Changes in Earth’s Temperature and Climate: The Science Behind the Hockey Stick Graphs and Model Simulations - Ray Bradley, Tom Crowley, Caspar Ammann (1 hour: 29 minute webcast) - click here for the Briefing invitation (briefing date was April 6, 2005)
2004 Briefings
- The
World at Your Fingertips: A Demonstration of the Nation's New Bridge
Between Science, Math, and Education (PDF)
- The Use of Groundbreaking Forecast Models, Lidars and Other Tools toTrack Airborne Toxins for Homeland Security and Antiterrorism Efforts (PDF)
2003 Briefings
- What's
with the Weather? And What's with the Climate? Weather and Climate
Models, and Regional Impacts in the 21st Century (PDF)
- Perfecting Weather and Climate Forecasts: The Grand Challenge (PDF)