Session 15 |
| | Polar Weather and Climate Variations (Past and Future) |
| | Chair: Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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| 8:15 AM | 15.1 | Abrupt Climate Change Triggered by GIN Sea Convection 
Feng He, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, and E. Brady |
| 8:30 AM | 15.2 | The Arctic Oscillation in the mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum:A comparison between PMIP2 models
Junmei Lu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China, Beijing, China; and S. J. Kim |
| 8:45 AM | 15.3 | Early 20th century Arctic warming in retrospect 
Kevin R. Wood, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland |
| 9:00 AM | 15.4 | Regional climate change modeling for Alaska
Jing Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, J. Krieger, and D. E. Atkinson |
| 9:15 AM | 15.5 | Is Arctic sea ice approaching a tipping point?
Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. S. Wettlaufer |
| 9:30 AM | 15.6 | Marine cold air outbreaks in the polar regions
Tom Bracegirdle, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and E. Kolstad |
| 9:45 AM | 15.7 | Reducing uncertainty in arctic climate projections
William L. Chapman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and J. E. Walsh and S. J. Vavrus |