Session 15 Polar Weather and Climate Variations (Past and Future)

Thursday, 21 May 2009: 8:15 AM-10:00 AM
Capitol Ballroom AB (Madison Concourse Hotel)
Host: 10th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Chair:
Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA

Papers:
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
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