AMS National Meeting - Long Beach, CA
January 9-14, 2000
The 80th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society was held on January 9-14, 2000 in Long Beach California, at the Long Beach Convention Center.


January 11, 2000 (74 F)

Professor Anderson, Professor Dewey as well as the following UNL Meteorology students:  Sheldon Drobot; Sarah Tessendorf; Jonathan Garner; Jim Keiser; Steve Kroening; Matt Masek; and Justin Wardyn participated in the meeting.

The meeting featured two days of papers on severe weather research dedicated to the life and research efforts of Dr. Ted Fujita.  There were also two days of presentations on the findings from VORTEX (Verification of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment).  There were banquets to attend; a huge exhibits hall to explore (they had demonstrations of the latest in meteorological technology, and lots of free handouts like thermometers, posters and calendars, etc.); alumni to meet; and a sea port city to explore in 70 degree sunny weather.

The following photographs, taken by Professor Dewey, are presented to capture the experience of attending our national annual meeting and it is our hope that it encourages those who could not attend to attend next year's meeting in Albuquerque, NM.

All Images © Ken Dewey, School of Natural Resources, UNL

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Inside the Convention Center
One of the presentations on severe weather research
Part of the UNL group at a severe weather presentation
 Some of the students gather in front of the UNL Club poster
Professor Anderson and grad student Sheldon Drobot visit with Julie Demuth, UNL Alumnus
Justin, Jim and Jon are bagging some free handouts 
in the exhibit hall.
Steve and Matt were volunteer student workers at the meeting. Here they are at the end of a long day!
Professor Dewey greets his colleague, Tom Skilling weathercaster at WGN-TV in Chicago
Inside the Exhibit hall
Inside the Exhibit hall
There was a banquet for over 2000 people and we had an incredible Electronic Theater showing of satellite imagery Joining our current students at dinner were alumni Amanda Adams, (2nd from the left) and Julie Demuth (4th from the left)
Just one block from the convention center, a view of downtown Long Beach
Current student Matt Masek visits with alumnus Richard Heim, a graduate of our program in the early 1980's and working now at the National Climatic Data Center
The convention center is on the left (just to the left 
of the taller convention hotel
Jon Garner visits the "Cyber Village" set up for those attending the conference and checks his e-mail.
This is the main street (Ocean Blvd.) in front of the Conference Center.
We ran into Chris Coleman, graduate of our meteorology program in 1992 and now working for strategic Weather in Palm Springs, CA.
Photographed from the plane, on the far right is the ocean liner "Queen Mary" and the convention center is at the center left (with a large parking lot to the right).
And after an exciting week, our students begin to gather outside the conference center at the UNL van ready to make the trip back home.

All Images © Ken Dewey, School of Natural Resources, UNL

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