ICAMS

Interagency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services

June 19, 2003 - Improving and optimizing the capability of Federal agencies to support homeland security requirements for atmospheric modeling of the release from weapons of mass destruction through a shared understanding of National operational and research needs

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• Welcoming Remarks/Set the Stage (Mr. Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator)
• Invited Talk: Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD)/Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Preparedness Activities Mr. Craig Conklin, Director, Technical Services Division, Office of National Preparedness, FEMA/DHS)
• Panel 1: Operational Requirements and the Current State of the Science Moderator: CAPT Frank Garcia, Jr., DOD/ODUSD
• NOAA/National Weather Service (Dr. Paula Davidson)
• NOAA/NOS/ORR (Mr. Mark Miller for Ms. Debbie Payton)
• DOD/Defense Threat Reduction Agency ***This is a PowerPoint file*** (Mr. Ronald G. Meris)
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Dr. Stephen McGuire)
• EPA/NOAA (Mr. William Petersen)
• Department of Energy (Dr. Walter Chrobak)
• TOPOFF Summary
• Invited Talk: National Research Council Report: "Tracking and Predicting the Dispersion of Hazardous Agents" [General William Odom, USA (Ret.) (Hudson Institute)/Dr. John Wyngaard (Penn State University)]
• Panel 2: ATD Research Needs and Priorities (Moderator: Dr. Walter Bach, USA/ARO)
  • Navy/NRL ***This is a PowerPoint file*** (Dr. Jay Boris)
  • NOAA/ARL (Mr. Walter W. Schalk)
  • DOD/Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Mr. John Pace)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Ms. Jocelyn Mitchell)
  • SAIC (Dr. David Bacon)
  • George Mason University (Dr. Zafer Boybeyi)
• Panel 3: Developing a Common Framework for Model Evaluation (Moderator: Dr. Paul Try, OFCM/STC)
• George Mason University (Dr. Steven Hanna)
• LLNL NARAC (Dr. James Ellis)
• CIRES/CU (Dr. Jeffrey C. Weil)
• Mitre Corp, JEM Program's Accreditation Agent (Dr. Priscilla A. Glasow)
• NOAA/ARL (Mr. Bruce Hicks)
• Wrap-up (Mr. Robert J. Dumont, OFCM)
• Special Session on Default Source Term Selection (This is the first of a series of discussions on default source terms within the OFCM Federal coordinating infrastructure. Federal agencies only by invitation) Moderator: Mr. Bruce Hicks, NOAA/ARL
• Conference Proceedings