CALL FOR PAPERS

  12th Annual High Plains Conference
  September 4-5, 2008
Hays, Kansas

The 12th Annual High Plains Conference (12HPC) will be held in Hays, Kansas on September 4-5, 2008.  The conference is sponsored by a joint session of the High Plains Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and the High Plains Chapter of the National Weather Association.  The National Weather Service Office in Goodland, KS will be organizing this year's event.

Anyone interested in presenting a paper is invited to submit an abstract of one page or less for the consideration of the program committee.  The conference is intended to be less formal than national conferences, so those who are presenting for the first time and those whose work that has not yet gone through the academic peer review process are welcome to participate.

Sessions will begin the morning of September 4th (Thursday) and run through noon on the 5th (Friday).  Papers submitted for presentation at the High Plains Conference should focus on weather events that impact the High Plains; severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, temperature extremes, drought, dust storms, flash flooding, high wind events and winter weather.  Topics from both the research and the operational communities are welcome.  Each session in the conference will be opened with an invited speaker, with remaining speakers each receiving 20 minutes for their presentations and any questions.

Authors must submit abstracts of one page or less for the consideration of the program committee.  Abstracts may be mailed to the National Weather Service, 920 Armory Road, Goodland, KS 67735, or submitted via email to david.l.floyd@noaa.gov.  The deadline for abstracts is August 1st, 2008.  In the event of numerous abstracts, the conference program committee will rank presentations according to those most suited to the conference theme and provide for a poster session for those not chosen as oral presentations.

The High Plains Chapter is again proud to sponsor a student competition.  Students are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation on all topics in meteorology.  Competition entries will be separated into undergraduate and graduate divisions.  Scholarship amounts will be $400 for first place in each of the graduate and undergraduate competitions.

For any questions or to request further information, visit the Chapter website at http://www.highplains-amsnwa.org or contact the 12HPC Committee at the following locations:

Updated April 14 2008

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