Session 4 |
| Tropical/Extratropical Interactions |
| Organizer: Fabrizio Sassi, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Chair: Fabrizio Sassi, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 3:30 PM | 4.1 | Influence of the equatorial QBO on the winter circulation in the Northern Hemisphere (Invited Speaker) Kevin Hamilton, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and G. J. Boer, P. Liu, W. W. Hsieh, and G. L. Stenchikov |
| 3:55 PM | 4.2 | The influence of the equatorial upper stratosphere on the frequency of sudden stratospheric warmings (Invited Speaker) Lesley J. Gray, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom |
| 4:20 PM | 4.3 | The effects of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and the El-Nino Southern Oscillation on polar temperatures in the stratosphere Chaim I. Garfinkel, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann |
| 4:35 PM | 4.4 | ENSO modulation of the QBO effects on the polar vortex in a GCM simulation Natalia Calvo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and M. A. Giorgetta, R. Garcia-Herrera, and E. Manzini |
| 4:50 PM | 4.5 | QBO variability and its effect on the extratropical circulation in a GCM James A. Anstey, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd and J. F. Scinocca |
| 5:05 PM | 4.6 | Modeling the effects of southeast asian monsoon outflow on the austral winter circulation Marek J. Rogal, AOS Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Hitchman and I. Stajner |