Panel Discussion 1 |
| | Long-term Variations in Tropical Cyclone Activity - Possible Causes and Effects |
| | Moderator: Russell L. Elsberry, NPS, Monterey, CA
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| 7:00 PM | | Introductory Remarks
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| 7:10 PM | PD1.2 | Summary of recent Atlantic tropical cyclone activity
Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NHC, Miami, FL |
| 7:25 PM | PD1.3 | Tropical Cyclone trends in a Warming Environment
Peter Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA |
| 7:40 PM | PD1.4 | Possible causes of interdecadal variations in tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific
Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
| 7:55 PM | PD1.5 | Natural vs. forced variability of Atlantic tropical cyclones
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA |
| 8:10 PM | PD1.6 | Global Warming and Extreme Tropical Cyclones: Are the tropical cyclone databases adequate for detection of climate trends?
Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL |
| 8:25 PM | | Rebuttal (5 minutes per presenter)
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| 8:50 PM | | Open discussion
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