• Welcoming Remarks

• Opening Remarks/Introduction

• Keynote Address
  

• Special Remarks on behalf of Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco

• Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA

• Dr. Jack Kaye, Associate Director for Research, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters

• Dr. Stephan Nelson, Program Director, Physical and Dynamic Meteorology, NSF

• Mr. William Curry, Deputy Technical Director, Oceanographer of the Navy

• Mr. X. William (Bill) Proenza, Director, Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, NOAA/NWS
  
  
  

• Overview of the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• 2006 Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season Summary

• Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Forecast Verification

• Overview of the 2006 Central North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season

• A Review of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center 2006 Tropical Cyclone Season

• 53 WRS 2006 Hurricane Season Reconnaissance Summary

• NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) 2006 Season Summary and Future Plans
  
  

• Dr. Paul D. Try, Senior Vice President, Science and Technology Corporation
  

• Mr. Mark Welshinger, OFCM

• Dr. Frank Marks, HRD

• Dr. Ramesh Kakar, NASA

• Dr. Naomi Surgi, NCEP

• Dr. Richard Hodur, NRL-Monterey

• Dr. Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island
  
  
  

• Double (Concentric) Eyewalls in Hurricane Katrina at Landfall: A Key to the Storm’s Huge Size and Devastating Impact over a Three-State Coastal Region

• Texas Tech University’s Rapid Deployment Surface Observing System

• Observations of the Coastal Oceanic Response to Hurricane Ivan: Implications for Hurricane Intensity Change

• Status of Transitioning the SFMR from Research to Operations on the WC-130J

• Toward an Integrated Air-Sea Real-Time Airborne Observing System for Landfalling Hurricanes

• CIMSS Satellite Consensus (SATCON) Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Algorithm
  
  

• Mobile Ground-Based Observations of Landfalling Hurricanes: Current Capabilities and Future Plans

• NASA High-Altitude Precipitation/Wind Radars for Hurricane Research

• Potential Applications of the Proposed Phased Array Doppler Radar on the NSF/NCAR C-130 in Hurricane Reconnaissance

• The Operational Impact of and Future Requirements for Satellite Ocean Vector Winds in Tropical Cyclone Analysis

• Development of the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Using a Systems Engineering Approach

• Baseline Instruments for the GOES-R Series: Providing Major Improvements to Hurricane Observations
  
  

• Advanced Hurricane Prediction at NCEP’s Environmental Model Center: The Operational Implementation of the HWRF

• Transition of GFDL Hurricane Prediction System to HWRF: A JHT-Funded Project

• Hurricane Model Transitions to Operations at NCEP/EMC: A JHT-Funded Project

• Ocean Initialization System for Coupled Hurricane-Ocean Models and its Transition to HWRF

• Evaluation of the Simulated Oceanic Response to Hurricane Ivan in Comparison to High-Quality Ocean Observations
  

• Diabatic Digital Filter Initialization for Tropical Cyclone Model Forecasting

• Prediction of Consensus TC Track Forecast Error and Correctors to Improve Consensus TC Track Forecasts

• Performance of the ECMWF High-Resolution Global Model and its Impact on Consensus during the 2006 Northern Hemisphere Season

• Operational Implementation of an Objective Annular Hurricane Index

• A Technique to Predict the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones

• Understanding Wind/Wave Forcing of the St. Johns River
  
  

• Hurricane Damages 1900 to 2005 – Why Do the Losses Keep Going Up?

• Interagency Coordination in Hurricane Wind and Storm Surge Hazard Reduction

• Storm Surge/Flooding Disaster Mitigation

• Barrier Island Failure during Hurricane Katrina

• NOAA’s Response to Hurricane Impacts on Ports, Harbors, Navigation Channels and the Surveying for Debris and Hurricane Hazards that Pose a Risk to Commercial Fishing, Shrimping, and Recreational Boating

• Using GIS to Map the Impacts of Marine Debris Left in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
  
  

• Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): 2006 Update

• Development and Implementation of NHC/JHT Products in ATCF

• Assimilating Moisture Information from Global Positioning System (GPS) Dropwindsondes into the NOAA Global Forecast System

• Verification of the Monte Carlo Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Probabilities: A Joint Hurricane Testbed Project Update

• Tropical Cyclone Wind Radii Estimation Utilizing an Empirical Inland Wind Decay Model

• VORTAC—A Utility to Deduce Central Pressure and Radius of Maximum Wind of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Using WSR-88D Data

• Mapping of Topographic Effects of Maximum Sustained Surface Wind Speeds in Landfalling Hurricanes

• Operational SFMR-NAWIPS Airborne Processing and Data Distribution Products

• Improved Statistical Intensity Forecast Models: A Joint Hurricane Testbed Project Year 2 Progress Report

• Eastern Pacific Ocean Heat Content Estimates for SHIPS Forecasting

• Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme with Microwave Imagery (SHIPS-MI): Results from 2006

• Drag Coefficient Distribution and Wind Speed Dependence in Tropical Cyclones
  
  

Mr. Charles J. “Charlie” Neumann--2007

Dr. Joanne Simpson--2006
Dr. Frank D. Marks, Jr.--2005
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron--2005 Special
NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center--2005 Special
Mr. Max Mayfield--2004
Mr. Chris Velden--2003
Prof. Russell Elsberry--2002

• The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast System (ATCF): An Interagency Success Story

• Long-Term Trends in National Hurricane Center Watches and Warnings

• When Hurricanes Strike: Interagency Requirements for Agricultural Assessments

• Operational Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Probability Products

• Exploring the Concept of a Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

• NOAA’s Seasonal Hurricane Forecasts: Climate Factors Influencing the 2006 Season and a Look Ahead for 2007
  
  

• Mr. Bryan Norcross, Director of Meteorology, WFOR, CBS4,
  Miami, Florida

• Mr. Kenneth Graham, Chief, Meteorological Services Division, Office of
  Climate, Weather, and Water Services, NWS
  

• Mr. Michael Buckley, Deputy Director, Mitigation Division, FEMA

• Ms. Marge Davenport, Associate Regional Executive, USGS

• Dr. Steve Lyons, Tropical Weather Expert, The Weather Channel

• Mr. Walt Dickerson, Director, Mobile County Emergency Management
  
  
  

• WG/HWSOR: Action Item Review

• Interagency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones: The Way Ahead

• Hazard Risk Reduction through Stronger Partnerships and Alliances

• Final Wrap-up