Session 2 |
| | Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions and their contribution to climate variability on all time scales (Part II) |
| | Chair: Daniel J. Vimont, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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| 11:00 AM | 2.1 | Influence of a mid-latitude oceanic frontal zone on the mean state of the atmospheric general circulation and its annular variability
Hisashi Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Sampe, A. Goto, W. Ohfuchi, and S. -. P. Xie |
| 11:15 AM | 2.2 | Vertical Structure and propagating Character of the Decadal Variability of Pacific Ocean Temperature
Zhihong Jiang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| 11:30 AM | 2.3 | On the origin of tropical Atlantic SST biases in coupled general circulation models
Ingo Richter, IPRC, SOEST, Honolulu, HI; and S. P. Xie |
| 11:45 AM | 2.4 | The tropical eastern Pacific seasonal cycle: Assessment of errors and mechanisms in IPCC AR4 coupled general circulation models
Simon P. De Szoeke, NOAA/ESRL/PSD3, Boulder, CO; and S. P. Xie |