Session 6 Unresolved issues in ENSO dynamics and prediction

Tuesday, 21 August 2007: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Broadway-Weidler-Halsey (DoubleTree by Hilton Portland)
Host: 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair:
Daniel J. Vimont, Univ. of Wisconsin, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI

Papers:
10:30 AM
6.1
Internal Atmospheric Variability, Pacific Meridional Mode and ENSO
Ping Chang, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
11:00 AM
6.2
The relationship between post 1997/1998 Westerly Wind Events and recent lack of ENSO related cold-tongue warming
D. E. Harrison, Global Climate Observing System/GOOS/WCRP Ocean Observing Panel for Climate, Seattle, WA; and A. M. Chiodi
11:15 AM
6.3
The correlative evolution of upper ocean seasonal cycle and ENSO
Heng Xiao, Dept. of Atmos. and Oceanic Sci., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and C. R. Mechoso
11:30 AM
6.4
The impact of surface heat fluxes associated with the North Pacific Oscillation on ENSO variability: testing the Seasonal Footprinting Mechanism
Michael Alexander, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Vimont, P. Chang, and J. D. Scott
11:45 AM
6.5
The late fall extratropical response to El Nino: The role of coupling and convection in the tropical western Pacific
Ileana Blade, Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Newman, M. Alexander, and J. D. Scott
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