7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography

Session 10: Climate and society in the Southern Hemisphere

Wednesday, 26 March 2003: 10:30 AM-4:45 PM
Papers:
  10:30 AM
Plenary Talk

  11:00 AM
Detection of anthropogenic climate change in the Australian region
David J Karoly, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

  11:15 AM
Assessment of regional contributions to past and future anthropogenic climate change
Gregory Bodeker, Bodeker Scientific, New Zealand; and M. Manning

Poster PDF (179.0 kB)
  11:30 AM
Australian impacts of long-term climate variability and change
William J. Wright, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

  12:00 PM
Plenary Talk

  12:30 PM
The SCAR READER project: Antarctic climate change over the last 50 years
John Turner, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Poster PDF (69.2 kB)
  12:45 PM
Multiple biosphere-atmosphere equilibria in Brazil under present-day conditions: a GCM simulation study
Marcos D. Oyama, Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies - CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and C. A. Nobre

  1:00 PM
  1:30 PM
Statistical forecasting of seasonal temperatures in New Zealand
Xiaogu Zheng, NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), Wellington, New Zealand; and J. A. Renwick

  1:45 PM
Dry and Drier – The Australian 2002 El Niño experience
Andrew B. Watkins, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

  2:00 PM
Impacts of El Nino 2002-2003: Southern Africa and the Maritime Continent
Anji Seth, International Research Insititute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY; and B. Lyon

  2:15 PM
Dynamical Downscaling of Climate Information: Evaluation of the Simulated Rainfall Characteristics
Jozef Syktus, Queensland Centre for Climate Applications, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia; and G. McKeon and N. Flood

  2:30 PM
Why is UV radiation more intense in the Southern Hemisphere; and why is this not fully reflected in satellite derived estimations
Richard L McKenzie, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Otago, New Zealand

  2:45 PM
Lunch Break

  4:15 PM
Coffee Break