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Last Updated: Dec 27, 2006

2006

new meeting October 7, 2006 (Saturday)

1st Annual Tri-State Weather Conference to be held at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT

Keynote Speakers: Paul J. Kocin and Louis W. Uccellini - Authors of Northeast Snowstorms (Volume I: Overview, Volume II: The Cases)

Visit http://www.wcsu.edu/weatherconference for details.

new meeting  July 10, 2006 (Sunday)

Time: 9:00 PM
Speaker: Mr. Michael Wyllie, Meteorologist-in-Charge - NOAA/NWS

NWS Open House - 10-3

new meeting April 25, 2006 (Tuesday)

Time: 7:30 PM
Speaker: Mr. Craig Allen, Meteorologist, WCBS

"So you want to be a TV/radio meteorologist?"

Location: Room 120, Endeavour Hall at the Marine Sciences Research Center-Stony Brook
University/SUNY. Click Here for Map/Directions

Dinner: (optional) at 6 PM at Chili's near the corner of Nicolls Rd (Rt 97) and Rt 347 (near Home Depot).

Please RSVP Mark Kramer if you're planning on attending the dinner!!!

2005

new meeting July 10, 2005 - BNL Summer Sundays - See the following for DIRECTIONS and additional Details

9-10 AM - NYC/LI AMS Chapter Special Presentation:

Significant Severe Thunderstorm Episodes in the Northeastern U.S. - What has History Taught Us?

Michael Ekster
Meteorologist - NOAA/NWS

NOTE! If you'd like to attend special this presentation, you must e-mail Mark Kramer by July 6th!

10:30 - 3 PM - NOAA/National Weather Service Forecast Office Open House Activities.

new meeting  APR 29th - Northeast Snowstorms

Speaker: Paul Kocin - The Weather Channel

Sponsored by: Cook College Meteorology Club

Location: Cook Campus Center, Room 120

Cook College Campus of Rutgers University

Time: 7:30 PM

RSVP: kocintalk@yahoo.com

new meeting  APR 23rd - EARTH DAY FAIR IN CENTRAL PARK

Sponsored by: Central Park Conservancy

Location: The Great Hill, Central Park - 106th Street/Central Park West
New York City, NY 10024

Time: 11 a.m.

new meeting  APR 22nd - Earth Day!

new meeting  APR 19th, 2005 - Space Weather and its Effects on the Earth and its Systems

Speaker: Henry Garrett, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA

Sponsored by: Atmospheric Sciences & Geology Section of the New York Academy of Sciences.  Co-Sponsored by the American Meteorological Society's New York/Long Island Chapter

Location: New York Academy of Sciences

2 E. 63rd St., New York City

Time: 7:00 PM

Contact Mark Kramer for More Information

new meeting  MAR 15 - The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow - Storm Surge Barriers to Protect the New York Metropolitan Region, including Long Island

AMS Chapter Meeting

Speakers: Prof. Malcolm J. Bowman and Douglas Hill
Stony Brook Storm Surge Research Group
Marine Sciences Research Center
Stony Brook University

Location: SUNY Stony Brook - Off Nichols Rd. (County Road 97) North of Rt. 347, Stony Brook, NY - Marine Sciences Research Center – 120 Endeavour Hall

Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM

Dinner:(optional) at 5:45 p.m. by reservation.

Location: Eastern Pavilion (Chinese & Japanese Restaurant) 750 North Country Road, East Setauket
(631-751-1888) Also known as NY 25A
Go to the north end of Nichols Road (CR 97), past the entrance to the SUNY Stony Brook. Make a right turn onto 25A and just past the Curry Club, 2 or 3 driveways from Nichols Road, turn right into the parking lot for Eastern Pavilion.

Abstract:

Although short of a Hollywood tsunami coursing up Fifth Avenue, severe flooding of the metropolitan region can be expected due to climate change. What is now the 100-year flood may recur at intervals as short as 4 to 40 years by the 2090s, according to research that will be presented. With this evidence one must ask, what action is prudent?

A concept for protecting the inner city and the New Jersey lowlands is the emplacement of storm surge barriers across the Narrows, the upper East River, and the Arthur Kill. Following the 1938 hurricane, such barriers were built in New Bedford, MA, Providence, RI, and Stamford, CT. Larger barriers are located in the Thames River below London, England, and in the Netherlands.

To evaluate the hydrologic feasibility of storm surge barriers in the metropolitan region, the Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook University has developed a mathematical model that combines a meteorological model, MM5, which simulates winds and barometric pressure, with a hydrodynamic model, ADCIRC, which represents water currents and tidal elevations. The model has been validated against Hurricane Floyd and the Christmas 2002 nor’easter. Modeling results and maps of coastal flooding with and without the barriers in place will be shown.

For More Information on the NYC/LI Chapter of the AMS, Contact the Chapter via E-MAIL at nycliams@aol.com.  Or write:

New York City/Long Island Chapter
American Meteorological Society
c/o Meteorological Evaluation Services Co., Inc.
165 Broadway
Amityville, NY  11701

Current Officers of the Chapter are: