Session 2 Climate Trends and Variability

Monday, 20 June 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizers:
Greg Johnson, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Center, National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR and Andrew C. Comrie, Univ. of Arizona, Dept. of Geography, Tucson, AZ

Papers:
1:30 PM
2.1
Characteristics of major snowstorms in the United States, 1949-2000
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL; and D. Changnon

1:45 PM
2.2
Climate variability and change in Alaska
Martha Shulski, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler

2:00 PM
2.3
Evaluating long-term trends in mountain snow measurements using a hydrologic model
Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet

2:15 PM
2.4
Sea–surface temperature and tropical cyclones: Breaking the paradigm
Patrick J. Michaels, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and Cato Institute, Washington, DC; and P. C. Knappenberger and R. E. Davis

Presentation PDF (278.7 kB)

2:30 PM
2.5
Impacts of precipitation trends on North Carolina's water supply
Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

2:45 PM
2.6
Extremes in climate, extremes in fire
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada

3:00 PM
2.7
Examining the Frequency of Daily Extreme Events During Oklahoma’s Climate Record
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer

3:15 PM
2.8
Examination of Regional Wind Trends Due to Global Climate Change to Improve Wind Resource Assessments
John W. Zack, Meso, Inc., Troy, NY; and G. E. Van Knowe and K. T. Waight III

Presentation PDF (260.2 kB)

3:30 PM
2.9
Alternative metrics for measuring surface heating trends
Christopher A. Davey, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Pielke Sr.

Presentation PDF (227.7 kB)

3:45 PM
2.10
THE INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY OF NORTHERN HEMISPHERE BLOCKING
David Barriopedro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and R. Garcia-Herrera, A. R. Lupo, and E. Hernandez

Presentation PDF (296.1 kB)

4:00 PM
2.11
Strong wind characteristics and changes during the last half-century at five NWS stations near Coastal South Carolina
Allen H. Weber, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and M. J. Parker and R. L. Buckley

Presentation PDF (228.8 kB)

4:15 PM
2.12
Abrupt global temperature change and the instrumental record
Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. M. Waple

4:30 PM
2.13
Land use change in the Ogallala Aquifer region of the Great Plains and its impacts on the long-term temperature
R. Mahmood, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, T. Keeling, K. G. Hubbard, and C. Carlson

4:45 PM
2.14
An Examination of Extreme Climate Events Using 19th Century Daily Data
Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel, J. R. Angel, M. C. Kruk, and K. Andsager

5:00 PM
2.6a
Coffee Break

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