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121 Mon, 7/30/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-West 212
SPEED: Data Expo — Contributed Speed
Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Graphics, Government Statistics Section, Section on Statistics and the Environment, Caucus for Women in Statistics
Chair(s): Wendy L Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Poster Presentations for this session.
8:35 AM Let's Talk About the Weather

Jill Lundell, Utah State University; Brennan Bean, Utah State University; Juergen Symanzik, Utah State University
8:40 AM Modeling and Mapping Weather Forecast Accuracy
Queen Ikhelowa; Darren Keeley, CSUEB
8:45 AM Exploring Population Health with Fluctuations in Weather

Brian Hochrein, IBM Watson Health
8:50 AM Assessing Prediction Error in Traditional Weather Forecasts vs. a Data-Centric Approach

Robert Garrett, Miami University; Ryan Estep, Miami University; Nichole Rook, Miami University; Benjamin William Schweitzer, Miami University; Thomas Fisher, Miami University
8:55 AM Verification, Diagnosis, and Adjustment of Current Temperature Forecasting System in the United States
Han-Yueh Lee, National Tsing Hua University; Hsiao-Ting Lin, National Tsing Hua University
9:00 AM Spatial Correlation in Weather Forecast Accuracy: A Functional Time Series Approach
Phillip Alexander Jang, Cornell University
9:05 AM Should You Pay Attention to Daily Weather Forecast? An Exploration

Dooti Roy, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University; Jianan Hui, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Junxian Geng, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
9:10 AM The Impact of Bias and Uncertainty of Weather Forecasts on Storm Events

Mary Frances Dorn, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Kimberly Kaufeld, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:15 AM Uncertainty Quantification of Weather Forecasts
Yu Wang, University of British Columbia; Gong Zhang, University of British Columbia; Boyi Hu, University of British Columbia; Ho Yin Ho, University of British Columbia
9:20 AM Weather Forecasts: How Reliable Are They?

Xuemao Zhang, East Stroudsburg University
9:30 AM An Analysis on the Accuracy of Weather Forecasts

Benjamin William Schweitzer, Miami University; Nichole Rook, Miami University; Ryan Estep, Miami University; Robert Garrett, Miami University; Thomas Fisher, Miami University
9:35 AM Do I Really Need a Jacket?

Joe Watson, UBC; Qiong Zhang, UBC; Daniel Dinsdale, The University of British Columbia
9:40 AM The Myths About Weather Forecasting

Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Ying (Daisy) Yu, Simon Fraser University; Chuyuan (Cherlane) Lin, Simon Fraser University
9:45 AM Do I Need to Check the Weather Forecast, or Is Yesterday's Weather a Reasonable Prediction?

Rachel Harter, RTI International; Kayla Nowak, RTI International; Nicole Mack, RTI International
9:50 AM BENCHMARKING the EFFECTIVENESS of CATEGORICAL RESPONSE VARIABLE MODELS and THEIR VISUALIZATIONS on WEATHER DATA
Kristen Bystrom; Zhi Yuh Ou Yang, Simon Fraser University; Lei Chen, Simon Fraser University
9:55 AM Analysis of Weather Forecasting Data for Data Expo 2018

Jordan Rodu, University of Virginia
10:00 AM Exploring Spatiotemporal Patterns in Forecast Data

Erin Howard, Oregon State University; Matthew Higham