Session 4 Extreme Events

Monday, 29 April 2013: 3:45 PM-5:30 PM
South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)
Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Chair:
Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Climatic Research, Madison, WI

Papers:
3:45 PM
4.1
The Influence of Arctic Amplification on Mid-latitude Atmospheric Circulation and Extreme Events
Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and J. A. Francis
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
4.2
More Observational Evidence Linking Arctic Amplification and Extreme Weather in Mid-Latitudes
Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, Highlands, NJ; and S. Vavrus
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
4.3
The climatological distribution of extreme Arctic winds, and implications for ocean and sea ice processes
Mimi Hughes, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
4.4
Analysis of synoptic forcing for widespread surface temperature extremes across Alaska
Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano, W. J. Gutowski, and J. M. Glisan

4:45 PM
4.5
Extreme Events at Summit, Greenland: 3 days, 3 years, and 33 summers
Nathaniel Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. P. Walden, D. D. Turner, M. Shupe, R. Bennartz, C. Pettersen, M. S. Kulie, C. C. Cox, and B. Castellani
Recorded Presentation

Handout (13.5 MB)

5:00 PM
4.6
A Synoptic-Dynamic Analysis of the Intense Arctic Cyclone of Early August 2012
Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. H. Turchioe and E. Adamchick
Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM
4.7
Multi-Regime States of Extreme Behavior of Arctic Atmospheric Circulation
Brandon J. Fisel, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. J. Gutowski
Recorded Presentation

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