LANSDALE, PA — The single most influential factor in the success of mobile A/C and engine cooling system businesses is the weather. The hotter the summer, the greater the A/C and radiator repair business. The more frigid the winter is, the greater the volume of vehicle heater repairs.
What’s been happening to the weather and how has it influenced the mobile A/C and engine cooling system business the last few seasons? Those are the questions Dr. Heidi Cullen, climate expert for the Weather Channel, will answer at Mobile Air Conditioning Society Worldwide (MACS) 2006 Keynote Luncheon sponsored by Sanden International. The MACS Keynote Luncheon is scheduled for noon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2006 at the Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center, Orlando, Fla.
“We’re very proud Dr. Cullen will be MACS Keynote Speaker,” said Elvis Hoffpauir, MACS president and COO. “Nothing is more important to our industry than the weather. We appreciate the Weather Channel sending Dr. Cullen to help our industry learn more about our climate and we thank Sanden International for their loyal support of our Keynote Speakers.”
Cullen is the climate expert at The Weather Channel and has the key responsibility of adding explanation, depth and perspective to climate stories for The Weather Channel network and other platforms. A scientist of international standing in climate research, Cullen is helping to build The Weather Channel’s climate program and strengthen relationships within the scientific community. Before joining The Weather Channel, Cullen was a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. She has done research in the U.S. Southwest and the Middle East (Syria and Turkey), publishing on domestic and international climate topics. She was recently selected to join the World Climate Research Program’s Climate Variability Scientific Steering Group, an international project aimed at identifying, understanding and predicting types of variability within the Earth’s complex climate system.
As a post-doc, she received a NOAA Climate & Global Change Fellowship and spent two years working at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, where she collaborated with scientists from Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. She received a B.S. in Engineering/Operations Research from Columbia University in NYC and went on to receive a Ph.D. in climatology and ocean-atmosphere dynamics at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Her dissertation focused on the North Atlantic Oscillation, an important climate influence.
To learn more about MACS Worldwide and the upcoming 26th annual Convention and Trade Show, Express Train, January 26-28, 2006 at the Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., visit: www.macsw.org.
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