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Monday, 12 May 2003
	8:30 AM-10:44 AM, Monday Session 1 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations
Organizer: Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
8:30 AM Welcoming Remarks   Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and C. F. Ropelewski 8:45 AM 1.1 A paleoclimatic perspective on contemporary Arctic climate (Invited Presentation)   Raymond S. Bradley, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 9:15 AM 1.2 The Last Glacial Maximum climate over the Laurentide Ice Sheet: high-resolution simulations using Polar MM5   David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and E. R. Toracinta, R. J. Oglesby, H. Wei, J. Fastook, and T. Hughes 9:30 AM 1.3 Atmospheric response to modified CLIMAP ocean boundary conditions during the Last Glacial Maximum   E. Richard Toracinta, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and R. J. Oglesby and D. H. Bromwich 1.4 Variability and trends in the Hadley and Walker Circulations as expressed in a high elevation ice core from the Gulf of Alaska region   G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and K. Alverson and G. Holdsworth 9:44 AM 1.5 Simulating the evolution of the Arctic climate during the last millennium   Hugues Goosse, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; and H. Renssen 9:59 AM 1.6 Explorers' logs from the 19th century provide a source for verifying proxy records   Kevin R. Wood, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland 10:14 AM Coffee Break
	10:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday Session 1 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)
Organizer: Chet F. Ropelewski, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY
10:45 AM 1.7 Decadal scale signals in the Arctic's atmospheric and oceanic systems (Invited Presentation)   Andrey Proshutinsky, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA 11:15 AM 1.8 Are temperature variations at Antarctic ice core sites representative of broad-scale climate variations?   John C. King, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and N. P. M. van Lipzig, W. M. Connolley, and J. C. Comiso 11:30 AM 1.9 Climate variability of the polar atmosphere based on historical radio sounding data   A. P. Makshtas, International Arctic Research Center, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and R. Colony, V. V. Maistrova, A. P. Nagurny, and S. V. Shoutilian 11:45 AM 1.10 Climate variability for Arctic Alaska   J. Curtis, Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and B. Hartmann and G. Wendler 12:00 PM 1.11 Climate trends and variability in Alaska since 1950   Martha D. Shulski, Universisty of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler and B. M. Hartmann 12:15 PM Award Presentation   12:30 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:45 PM, Monday Session 1 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)
Organizer: Uma S. Bhatt, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
1:30 PM 1.12 Regional, seasonal, and historic Arctic temperature change (Invited Presentation)   James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. C. Spillane and K. R. Wood 2:00 PM 1.13 Analysis of the climatology of extreme weather events affecting Barrow, Alaska   Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch, M. R. Koslow, and C. Thornbrugh 2:15 PM 1.14 Structure of Variability of Surface Level Pressure above Arctic for 1958–1997   Oleg Y. Korneev, Geoecology Monitoring Center of Natural Resourses Ministry of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 2:30 PM 1.15 A theory of long scale climatic oscillation, which explains global warming using a closed model of polar-tropical oceanic heat transfer   Livingston Davies, Flying Cloud Co., Duxbury, MA; and K. L. Davies 2:45 PM 1.16 Annual variability of heat in the Arctic mixed layer beneath pack ice from drifting buoy observations   Richard A. Krishfield, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA 3:00 PM 1.17 On the role of atmospheric dynamics in forming the climatic response to doubling CO2   Vladimir Alexeev, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 3:15 PM Coffee Break
	3:45 PM-4:25 PM, Monday Oral Briefing for Poster Session 1 (1 minute, 1 slide per poster)
Organizer: Axel Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
	4:25 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Poster Session 1 General Posters with Reception
Organizer: Axel Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
P1.1 Arctic people and climate change: opening the dialogue between indigenous knowledge and arctic science   Igor Krupnik, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC   P1.2 Energy content over high latitudes of Northern Hemisphere   Valery N. Khokhlov, Odessa State Environmental University, Odessa, Ukraine P1.2A An update to the Arctic Ocean snow melt onset data set   Mark R. Anderson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and S. D. Drobot   P1.3 The NAO, low-frequency variability, and the CCSM   Kara A. Sterling, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK   P1.4 Transmission of solar radiation by a summer sea ice cover   Bonnie Light, APL, Seattle, WA; and T. C. Grenfell and D. K. Perovich   P1.5 Plans for a regional atmospheric reanalysis over the Greenland ice sheet: GREBIS - Greenland Reanalysis of the Energy Budget of the Ice Sheet   John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. Takeuchi, A. H. Lynch, and K. Steffen   P1.6 Land-atmosphere interactions in early Holocene Beringia   Aaron Rivers, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Lynch, P. Bartlein, M. Edwards, P. Anderson, and L. Brubaker   P1.7 Evaluation of the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF 15-yr reanalyses over the data sparse Arctic Ocean   Sheng-Hung Wang, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and J. A. Francis and D. H. Bromwich   P1.8 A 20-year data set of downwelling longwave flux at the Arctic surface from TOVS satellite data   Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Schweiger and J. Key   P1.9 Cloud Properties in the Winter Arctic from MODIS Data   Linong Yan, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. A. Francis   P1.10 Modeling a multi-layer cloud system observed during the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment using a new double-moment bulk microphysics scheme   Hugh Morrison, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Shupe, J. A. Curry, and P. Zuidema   P1.11 A comparison of high-resolution ice-ocean model results with SHEBA data   Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and A. Romanou, D. M. Holland, J. L. Clement, and W. Walczowski   P1.12 Melt water balance and surface temperature variations in the vicinity of the SHEBA station during spring and summer 1998   Thomas C. Grenfell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Light   P1.13 Variability in the Atlantic layer of the Arctic Ocean   Sookmi Moon, Institute of Marine Science/University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Johnson   P1.14 Studying the Thermohaline Circulation with a Coupled Higher-Resolution Sea-Ice - Coarse-Resolution Ocean GCM   Joong-Tae Kim, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Stössel   P1.15 A new Lagrangian model of sea ice   R. W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. L. Stern   P1.16 The impact of modelling the sea ice thickness distribution in a coupled climate model   Alison J. McLaren, Met Office, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and C. F. Durman and H. T. Banks   P1.17 Scaling properties of the deformation of Arctic sea ice   Harry L. Stern, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. W. Lindsay and J. Weiss   P1.18 An idealized study of open water formation in sea ice   Nadja T. Lönnroth, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Haapala and A. Stössel   P1.19 A 20-year hindcast of Arctic sea ice using assimilated sea ice motion   Todd E. Arbetter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. S. Takeuchi and J. A. Maslanik   P1.20 Modelling the future of Canadian Arctic ice   Tessa Sou, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada; and G. Holloway, G. M. Flato, and T. Carrieres   P1.21 Greenland ice sheet interaction with HadCM3   Jeff K. Ridley, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks, United Kingdom; and P. Huybrechts and J. M. Gregory   P1.22 The Greenland Sea Ice Season 2002—The Observed Extremes Seen From Ice Center Perspectives   Keld Q. Hansen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark   P1.23 Historical April sea ice extent for the Barents Sea, 1850–2001   Inna Shapiro, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and R. Colony   P1.24 Associations of April Barents Sea ice extent with the Arctic Oscillation Index, 1950–2001   Timothy L. Shy, NOAA/NWS, Fairbanks, AK; and I. V. Shapiro and R. L. Colony   P1.25 Bimodality of Fast Ice Extent Distribution in the northeastern Kara Sea   Dmitry Divine, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, Norway; and A. Makshtas and R. Korsnes   P1.26 On the interannual variability of Alaskan climate in a regional climate system model   Wanli Wu, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch   P1.27 The real-time Arctic MM5 modeling system: Characteristics and performance for short-range Alaska regional and local forecast applications   Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Krieger and X. Meng   P1.28 Simulation of the atmospheric state over the Arctic River Basins with Polar MM5 and the NCAR Land Surface Model   Yan Ma, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. Bromwich and H. Wei   P1.29 High resolution regional climate simulations over Iceland using Polar MM5   Lesheng Bai, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and G. G. Bjarnason   P1.30 Modelling of the 1991 Greenland summer with the coupled atmosphere-snow regional model MAR   Xavier Fettweis, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium; and J. P. van Ypersele, H. Gallee, and F. Lefebre P1.31 Sensitivity of Polar Boundary Layer Simulations to Changes in Model Horizontal and Vertical Resolution   Michael J. Shaw, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano and A. H. Lynch   P1.32 On The Evaluation of the Role of Large-Scale Control in Arctic Surface Heat Flux Parameterizations   Johnny Wei-Bing Lin, CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO   P1.33 A comprehensive validation of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)   Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, J. G. Powers, Y. H. Kuo, and A. M. Cayette   P1.34 Anomalous upper-ocean characteristics in Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula, in response to the 1997/8 ENSO   Michael P. Meredith, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and A. C. Clarke, I. A. Renfrew, J. C. King, and M. A. Brandon   P1.35 Use of the Antarctic Plateau as a calibration target for infrared satellite instruments   Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and W. L. Roth, B. Halter, R. Stone, and D. Tobin   P1.36 A simulation of snow megadunes along the Dumont d'Urville—Dome C transect, Antarctica   Hubert Gallee, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement, Saint-Martin d'Heres Cedex, Grenoble, France   P1.37 Fast Tactical Integration Console (FAST TACTIC)   Paul A. Bienhoff, John Hopkins Univ., APL, Laurel, MD; and J. Smart   P1.38 Polar Clouds—Early Observations from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System   James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Mahesh, S. P. Palm, D. L. Hlavka, J. R. Campbell, W. D. Hart, and E. J. Welton   P1.39 The Antarctic Standard Atmosphere   Ashwin Mahesh, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Ctr., Greenbelt, MD; and D. Lubin   P1.40 Arctic Sea Ice Changes and Future Access for Marine Navigation   Lawson W. Brigham, U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Arlington, VA; and M. S. Timlin and J. E. Walsh   P1.41 IMPACT OF VARIATIONS IN SNOWPACK ONSET AND DISAPPEARANCE DATES ON SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE IN THE ALASKAN ARCTIC   Feng Ling, National Snow and Ice Data Center/ Univ. of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and T. Zhang   P1.42 Representation of Antarctic Coastal Polynyas in Ocean Climate Models: A Justification for Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Ice Concentration?   Achim Stoessel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. Markus
Tuesday, 13 May 2003
	8:30 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Session 2 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)
Organizer: David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
8:30 AM 2.1 Large-scale atmospheric circulation modes affecting polar variability (Invited Presentation)   John C. Fyfe, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada; and A. H. Monahan 9:00 AM 2.3 Oceanic Teleconnections for Climate Changes in Arctic/Sub-Arctic and Tropical/Sub-Tropical Atlantic Oceans   Jiayan Yang, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 9:15 AM 2.4 Three modes of recent pan-Arctic multivariate change   James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. Spillane and N. N. Soreide 9:30 AM 2.5 Arctic Cyclone Activity and its Relationship with Large-scale Climate Leading Mode   Xiangdong Zhang, FRSGC/IARC, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. E. Walsh and M. Ikeda 9:45 AM 2.6 Relationships of Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska and North Cascade glaciers mass balance to climate indices   Mauri S. Pelto, Nichols College, Dudley, MA 10:00 AM 2.7 Linking the northern hemisphere sea-ice reduction trend and the quasi-decadal Arctic sea-ice oscillation   Jia Wang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Ikeda, R. Gerdes, and S. Zhang 10:15 AM 2.8 Iceland-Greenland sea ice variability in the framework of the Arctic, North Atlantic and Barents oscillations   Martin W. Miles, Environmental Systems Analysis, Boulder, CO; and T. Jakobsson 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	8:30 AM-10:59 AM, Tuesday Session 3 Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes
Organizer: Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Hanover, NH
8:30 AM 3.1 Sunlight and sea ice: on the partitioning of solar radiation by a sea ice cover (Invited Presentation)   Donald K Perovich, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH 8:45 AM 3.2 Modeling sea ice and melt ponds at SHEBA with the CCSM ice model   John W. Weatherly, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH 9:00 AM 3.3 Modeling surface exchange and heat transfer for the shallow snow cover at SHEBA   Rachel E. Jordan, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, P. S. Guest, J. M. Hanesiak, D. K. Perovich, and P. O. G. Persson 9:15 AM 3.4 Cloud radiative forcing in Arctic polynyas: climatology, parameterization, and modeling   Erica L. Key, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett, R. H. Evans, and T. N. Papakyriakou 3.5 A comparison of SHEBA and North Slope of Alaska surface cloud forcing   Janet M. Intrieri, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Shupe 9:29 AM 3.6 Effects of IFN entrainment from above the inversion on Arctic boundary clouds   William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and G. Carrió and H. Jiang 9:44 AM 3.7 Shear-driven cloudy boundary layer in the Arctic   Jun Inoue, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and B. Kosovic and J. A. Curry 9:59 AM 3.8 A numerical study of the structure of convective roll clouds associated with high latitude cold air outbreaks   Anthony Liu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore and K. Tsuboki 10:14 AM Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Session 2 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)
Organizer: Tom Lachlan-Cope, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge United Kingdom
11:00 AM 2.9 The climate of the Greenland Ice Sheet as simulated by Polar MM5   Lin Li, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and L. Bai 11:15 AM 2.10 Model study of the decadal variability of the Arctic Ocean—GIN Sea system   Dmitriy Dukhovskoy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Johnson and A. Proshutinsky 11:30 AM 2.11 Spatial and Temporal Variability in Freshwater Inflow to the Arctic Ocean   Michael Rawlins, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and R. Lammers, S. Frolking, A. Shiklomanov, and C. Vörösmarty 11:45 AM 2.12 Variability of Arctic fresh water and its impact on the North Atlantic Ocean   Cornelia Koeberle, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and R. Gerdes, F. Kauker, and M. Karcher 12:00 PM 2.13 Transformation of Atlantic Water in the Barents Sea between 1948 and 2002   M. J. Karcher, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and R. Gerdes, F. Kauker, C. Köberle, and U. Schauer 12:15 PM 2.14 Temperature-Salinity Oscillations, Sudden Transitions and Hysteresis in Laboratory Experiments and Layered Models   John A. Whitehead, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA 12:30 PM Lunch Break
	11:00 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Session 3 Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes (Continued)
Organizer: Peter S. Guest, NPS, Monterey, CA
11:00 AM 3.9 Boundary-layer structure in the summertime high Arctic during the AOE2001   Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 11:15 AM 3.10 An analysis of static stability in the Arctic atmosphere   R. I. Cullather, NCAR and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch 11:30 AM 3.11 Turbulent transfer coefficients and roughness lengths over sea ice: The SHEBA results   Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, P. S. Guest, T. W. Horst, R. E. Jordan, and P. O. G. Persson 11:45 AM 3.12 Turbulence decay in the stable Arctic boundary layer   Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, P. O. G. Persson, E. L. Andreas, P. S. Guest, and R. E. Jordan 12:00 PM 3.13 Roughness length for momentum and heat over Antarctica in a regional atmospheric climate model   C. H. Reijmer, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; and E. van Meijgaard and M. R. van den Broeke 12:15 PM 3.14 Modeling surface interactions in the Arctic Ocean: accuracy vs. computational cost   Peter S. Guest, NPS, Monterey, CA; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, R. E. Jordan, and P. O. G. Persson 12:30 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Session 2 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)
Organizer: Muyin Wang, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
1:30 PM 2.15 Decadal Climate Variability associated with the Southern Annular Mode (Invited Presentation)   Martin Visbeck, LDEO Columbia University, Palisades, NY 2:00 PM 2.16 Improving Public Understanding of Arctic Climate Variations   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland and J. Calder 2:15 PM 2.17 Coupled Oscillations in Antarctic Sea Ice, Ocean and Atmosphere   Mark R. Drinkwater, European Space Agency, Noordwijk ZH, Netherlands 2:30 PM 2.18 Mechanism studies of atmospheric teleconnections involving Antarctic Dipole Variability   Jiping Liu, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York, NY; and D. G. Martinson and X. Yuan 2:45 PM 2.19 Interannual Antarctic tropospheric circulation and precipitation variability (AAO, ENSO, etc.)   Christophe Genthon, CNRS / Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement, Grenoble, France; and G. Krinner and M. Sacchettini 3:00 PM Coffee Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Session 3 Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes (Continued)
Organizer: Janet M. Intrieri, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 3.15 Tidal effects on sea ice and ocean-air interaction   Laurence Padman, Earth & Space Research, Corvallis, OR 1:45 PM 3.16 Models for the closure of a coastal latent heat polynya   Nick R. T. Biggs, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; and A. J. Willmott 2:00 PM 3.17 A summer lead in the Arctic Ocean during the SHEBA year   Anastasia Romanou, New York University, New York, NY; and D. M. Holland and M. G. McPhee 2:15 PM 3.18 The variation of temperature and salinity within Arctic leads during the summer   Clayton A. Paulson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and W. S. Pegau and E. Skyllingstad 2:30 PM 3.19 Large-eddy simulation of turbulent processes in summertime leads   Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. A. Paulson and W. S. Pegau 2:45 PM 3.20 The Arctic Ocean snow mass budget   Stephen J. Déry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York; and L. -. B. Tremblay 3:00 PM Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Tuesday Session 2 Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)
Organizer: Walter N. Meier, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
3:30 PM 2.20 Inter El NiÑo variations in the winter atmospheric circulation of the South Pacific part I: observations   Stephen A. Harangozo, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; and T. A. Lachlan-Cope 3:45 PM 2.21 Inter El NiÑo variations in the atmospheric circulation of the South Pacific, part II—modelling   Tom A. Lachlan-Cope, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and S. Harangozo 4:00 PM 2.22 Mechanisms Forcing Antarctic Sea Ice Variability   Marika M. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Bitz and E. C. Hunke 4:15 PM 2.23 A simulation of the antarctic ice sheet mass balance   Hubert Gallee, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement, Saint-Martin d'Heres Cedex, Grenoble, France 4:30 PM 2.24 Antarctic Sea Ice and a West Pacific Teleconnection in the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model   Keith M. Hines, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and C. C. Hennon and D. H. Bromwich
	3:30 PM-4:15 PM, Tuesday Session 3 Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes (Continued)
Organizer: Dana E. Lane-Veron, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
3:30 PM 3.21 Pack Ice Surface Energy Changes at SHEBA Initiated by Late Summer Synoptic Forcing   P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, P. S. Guest, and D. K. Perovich 3:45 PM 3.22 Carbon dioxide exchange in the coastal ocean-sea ice-atmosphere system   Alexander P. Makshtas, International Arctic Research Center, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and I. P. Semiletov, E. L. Andreas, and K. J. Claffey 4:00 PM 3.23 Shelf dense water transport in the Beaufort Sea   Meibing Jin, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang
	7:00 PM, Tuesday Conference Banquet—Dinner Cruise on Hyannis Harbor ***Please note the bus will depart for the harbor at 6:30p.m.
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
	8:30 AM-11:00 AM, Wednesday Session 4 Polar Weather
Organizer: P. Ola G. Perrson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 4.1 Radiosonde temperature, humidity, and pressure response at low temperatures   Stephen R. Hudson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. S. Town, V. P. Walden, and S. G. Warren 8:45 AM 4.2 Real-Time Mesoscale NWP in Support of Antarctic Science and Operations   Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. W. Manning, Y. H. Kuo, and D. H. Bromwich 9:00 AM 4.3 The performance of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) for an intense summer storm in the Ross Sea   Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, Y. H. Kuo, T. K. Wee, J. G. Powers, and A. M. Cayette 9:15 AM 4.4 Automatic weather station measurements in Marguerite Bay (West Antarctic Peninsula) during 2001–2002   Robert C. Beardsley, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. Limeburner, M. Caruso, J. Hyatt, and D. Liptzin 9:30 AM 4.5 The dynamics of idealised katabatic flow over a moderate slope and ice shelf   Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom 9:45 AM 4.6 On use of hydrostatic approximation over Greenland   Abha Sood, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and P. Lemke 10:00 AM 4.7 Numerical studies of atmospheric Kelvin waves on the west coast of Greenland   Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore 10:15 AM 4.8 Arctic storm simulation with the Arctic MM5 model: performance validation   Jing Zhang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley and X. Zhang 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	8:30 AM-11:00 AM, Wednesday Session 5 High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity
Organizer: Stephen J. Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
8:30 AM 5.1 Modeling feedbacks in the Arctic climate system (Invited Presentation)   James R. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and G. L. Russell 9:00 AM 5.2 The role of surface albedo feedback in climate variability and climate change (Invited Presentation)   Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 9:30 AM 5.3 Multiyear and SHEBA-year simulations of Arctic ocean-atmosphere-ice interactions with a single column version of CCSM2   Richard E. Moritz, APL, Seattle, WA; and C. M. Bitz 9:45 AM 5.4 Arctic climate sensitivity simulated with the CCSM2: Local and remote effects on feedback processes   Cecilia M. Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. E. Moritz and S. J. Vavrus 10:00 AM 5.5 Contributions of High-Latitude Feedbacks to Climate Model Sensitivity   Anthony J. Broccoli, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and B. J. Soden and S. A. Klein 10:15 AM 5.6 Atmosphere-cryosphere feedbacks based upon wavelet decomposition of NCEP upper air data and passive microwave sea ice concentrations   Ellsworth F. LeDrew, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and C. Derksen 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-1:45 PM, Wednesday Session 4 Polar Weather (Continued)
Organizer: Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM 4.9 The AOE2001 meteorological experiment in the high Arctic   Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Jensen, S. Oncley, and P. O. G. Persson 11:15 AM 4.10 Aviation Weather across the Canadian Arctic   David Aihoshi, Meteorological Service of Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. Gaines and E. Hudson 11:30 AM 4.11 Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Polar Low Genesis over the Gulf of Alaska   Boniface J. Mills, University of Nebraska, Linclon, NE; and M. R. Anderson 11:45 AM 4.12 The Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) on the weather of Alaska   Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. A. Vecchi 12:00 PM 4.13 Identification of an intra-month regime shift over the North Atlantic   Sudharshan Sathiyamoorthy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and K. Moore 12:15 PM 4.14 The Arctic summer circulation and the maintenance of Boreal-forest rainbets   T.-C.(Mike) Chen, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and J. H. Yoon 12:30 PM 4.15 Interannual variation of summer rainbelts along the Arctic frontal zones   Jin-Ho Yoon, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and T. -. C. Chen 12:45 PM Lunch Break
	11:00 AM-1:45 PM, Wednesday Session 5 High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity (Continued)
Organizer: Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
11:00 AM 5.7 Current understanding of the inseparable cloud-radiation and ice-albedo feedbacks (Invited Presentation)   J. O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 11:30 AM 5.8 Observed and Modeled Relationships Among Arctic Climate Variables   Yonghua Chen, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. A. Francis, J. R. Miller, and G. L. Russell 11:45 AM 5.9 The impact of cloud feedbacks on Arctic climate change forced by increased CO2   Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 12:00 PM 5.10 Relationship between Arctic clouds and synoptic-scale variability   Alexander Avramov, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and E. Clothiaux, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde 12:15 PM 5.11 Effects of Arctic Haze on Clouds and the Surface Radiation Balance   Timothy J. Garrett, University of Utah, Salt Lake CIty, UT; and X. Dong, G. G. Mace, and C. Zhao 12:30 PM 5.12 Antarctic clouds and radiation in the NCAR climate models   Keith M. Hines, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, M. J. Iacono, and P. J. Rasch 12:45 PM Lunch Break
	1:45 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday Session 5 High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity (Continued)
Organizer: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA
1:45 PM 5.13 Bimodal Nature of Arctic Surface-Atmosphere Interaction   Kirstie L. Stramler, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. D. Del Genio and W. B. Rossow 2:00 PM 5.14 The change of cloud liquid water path on temperature over polar areas   Bing Lin, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and A. Fan 2:15 PM 5.15 Meteorological forcing of sea ice variability in the Southern Beaufort Sea   David G. Barber, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Hanesiak and W. Chan 2:30 PM 5.16 Possible Feedbacks of Winter Sea Ice in the Greenland and the Barents Seas on the Local Atmosphere   Bingyi Wu, Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang 2:45 PM 5.17 Sensitivity study of Greenland topography and its potential impact on the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)   Lin Li, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich 3:00 PM Coffee Break
	1:45 PM-2:45 PM, Wednesday Session 6 New Polar Observations and Applications
Organizer: Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
1:45 PM 6.1 A New View of the Polar Regions from Space (Invited Presentation)   Jeffrey Key, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI 2:15 PM 6.2 Impact of cloud cover on Arctic sea ice surface melt (Invited Presentation)   S. V. Nghiem, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Kwok, D. K. Perovich, and D. G. Barber
	2:45 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday Session 7 New Polar Observations and Applications: Clouds
Organizer: Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2:45 PM 7.1 Cloud Detection and Cloud Top Height Assignment over the Poles Using MISR and MODIS Level 1 and 2 Data Products   Eugene Clothiaux, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and L. Di Girolamo, J. -. P. Muller, A. Nolin, A. J. Braverman, D. DeCoste, D. M. Mazzoni, B. Yu, and T. Shi 3:00 PM Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-4:15 PM, Wednesday Session 5 High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity (Continued)
Organizer: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA
3:30 PM 5.18 Upper Ocean Thermohaline Structure and its Temporal Variability in the Southeast Indian Ocean   Xiaojun Yuan, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 3:45 PM 5.19 Warm water formation in the midst of the Southern Ocean   Sophie Wacongne, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; and K. G. Speer, R. Lumpkin, and V. Sadoulet 4:00 PM 5.20 Similar characteristics between the early winter of 2002–2003 and December warmings in Alaska: Role of polar/mid-latitude interactions   Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, R. Colony, and C. Swingley
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday Session 7 New Polar Observations and Applications: Clouds (Continued)
Organizer: Paquita Zuidema, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM 7.2 Cloud Detection Capabilities over the Polar Regions from MISR   Michael Wilson, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Di Girolamo 3:45 PM 7.3 Comparison of surface and satellite measurements of Arctic cloud properties   Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL, Boulder, CO; and S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, and J. Key 4:00 PM 7.4 Variability of Arctic Cloudiness from the TOVS Polar Pathfinder Data Set   Axel Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Zhang and R. Lindsay 4:15 PM 7.5 Evaluating the principles of cloud remote sensing with AVHRR and MAS data over SHEBA   Xiaozhen Xiong, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Lubin, W. Li, and K. Stamnes 4:30 PM 7.6 Cloud climatology of the SHEBA year derived from an automated Arctic cloud mask   Douglas A. Spangenberg, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and V. Chakrapani and P. Minnis 4:45 PM 7.7 A High Spectral Resolution Lidar for cloud and aerosol optical measurements in the Arctic   Edwin W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 5:00 PM 7.8 Assessing the representativeness of Barrow soundings using Aerosondes   J. O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Maslanik, J. Inoue, J. A. Curry, and G. J. Holland
Thursday, 15 May 2003
	8:29 AM-9:29 AM, Thursday Session 8 New Polar Observations and Applications: Assimilation
Organizer: Ronald W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
8.1 Impact of data resolution on meteorological fields over the polar regions   Serguei Ivanov, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley 8:29 AM 8.2 Assimilation of observed ice motions in a 2-D sea ice model   Walter N. Meier, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. E. Arbetter 8:44 AM 8.3 An investigation of anomalously low Arctic sea ice extent using assimilated sea ice motion   Todd E. Arbetter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. S. Takeuchi, A. H. Lynch, and J. A. Maslanik 8:59 AM 8.4 Estimating Arctic sea-ice deformation using data assimilation   Jinro Ukita, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. K. Liu and Y. Zhao 9:14 AM 8.5 High-Latitude Deep Water Formation From a Synthesis of Sea-Ice and Ocean Data   Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Zhang
	8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Thursday Session 9 NEW POLAR OBSERVATIONS AND APPLICATIONS: CLOUDS (Continued)
Organizer: Eugene Clothiaux, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
8:30 AM 9.1 Atmospheric ice crystals over the Antarctic Plateau in winter   Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and S. G. Warren and E. Tuttle 8:45 AM 9.2 Observations of Antarctic Fog Particles   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. K. Wang and C. R. Stearns 9:00 AM 9.3 An Antarctic Cloud Mass Transport Climatology overview   Jessica A. Staude, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. R. Stearns, M. A. Lazzara, L. M. Keller, and S. A. Ackerman 9:15 AM 9.4 10 years of Antarctic composite images   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. R. Stearns, J. A. Staude, and S. L. Knuth 9:30 AM 9.5 Satellite observations of polar precipitation using Aqua   Frederick W. Chen, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. M. Leckman and D. H. Staelin 9:45 AM 9.6 Tests of a satellite-based cloud initialization scheme for high latitude application in MM5   Xingang Fan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley 10:00 AM 9.7 Studies of Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds from SHEBA/FIRE/ACE: May 1–10 Case Study   Paquita Zuidema, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and B. Baker, J. Intrieri, P. Lawson, S. Matrosov, and M. Shupe
	9:30 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday Session 10 High-Latitude Model Intercomparisons and Innovations
Organizer: Ronald W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
9:30 AM 10.1 The Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project: Recent Progress (Invited Presentation)   Amanda H. Lynch, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Curry and J. J. Cassano 10:00 AM 10.2 An Energy-Diagnostics Intercomparison of Coupled Ice-Ocean Arctic Models   Petteri Uotila, New York University, New York, NY; and D. M. Holland, S. Häkkinen, G. Holloway, N. Steiner, M. Steele, J. Zhang, and A. Proshutinsky 10:15 AM 10.3 INM RAS coupled Arctic Ocean\ sea ice model. The results of the AOMIP 31-year coordinated spin-up 1948–1978   Nikolai G. Yakovlev, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday Session 11 New Polar Observations and Applications: Atmospheric Parameters
Organizer: Eugene Clothiaux, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
10:15 AM 11.1 Northern Hemisphere summer Sea Level Pressure reconstructed from proxy-climate data   David E. Atkinson, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and K. Gajewski 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-1:29 PM, Thursday Session 10 High-Latitude Model Intercomparisons and Innovations (Continued)
Organizer: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM 10.4 SLMIP (surface layer model intercomparison project): Stable surface layer results   John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch 11:15 AM 10.5 Surface and boundary layer processes over the Arctic Ocean: Results from the Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ARCMIP)   John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch, A. Rinke, and J. Curry 11:30 AM 10.6 Evaluating model parameterizations of arctic processes   Steven D. Greenberg, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. R. Metcalf, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde 11:45 AM 10.7 The role of resolution in modeling the Arctic Ocean circulation and dynamics   Wieslaw Maslowski, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. C. Marble, J. L. Clement, and W. Walczowski 10.8 Zonal asymmetries, teleconnections, and annular modes in a GCM   Benjamin A Cash, COLA, Calverton, MD; and P. J. Kushner and G. K. Vallis 11:59 AM 10.9 A coupled ice-ocean model in the pan Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean: simulations of seasonal cycle   Jia Wang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Ikeda and F. Saucier 12:14 PM 10.10 Two-dimensional unsteady polynya flux model solutions incorporating a parameterisation for the collection depth of consolidated new ice   Andrew J. Willmott, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; and N. R. T. Biggs 12:29 PM Lunch Break
	11:00 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Session 11 New Polar Observations and Applications: Atmospheric Parameters (Continued)
Organizer: Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI
11:00 AM 11.2 Applications of neural networks in West Antarctic meteorology and climatology   David B. Reusch, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and R. B. Alley 11:15 AM 11.3 A Comparison of the TOVS temperature porfile iwht the ECMWF analysis and staion -observed data in middle and high southern latitudes   Chuanyu Xu, U.S. National Ice Center, Washington, DC and QSS Group, INC, Lanham, Maryland, Washington, DC; and C. Z. Zou, M. L. Van Woert, and X. Wu 11:30 AM 11.4 Study of Clear Sky, Low-Level Atmospheric Temperature Inversions Using Satellite Data   Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key 11:45 AM 11.5 Comparison of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis data with station data for the circum-polar coastal regime   David E. Atkinson, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and S. M. Solomon 12:00 PM 11.6 Atmospheric Wind retrievals from Satellite soundings over the Polar Plateau regions   Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. L. Van Woert and C. Xu 12:15 PM 11.7 Arctic upper-level winds from reanalyses and TOVS satellite retrievals   Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and E. Hunter 12:30 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Session 10 High-Latitude Model Intercomparisons and Innovations (Continued)
Organizer: Wieslaw Maslowski, NPS, Monterey, CA
1:30 PM 10.11 Comparison and evaluation of AGCM Radiation Parameterizations in the Arctic   Dana E. Lane-Veron, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. O. Pinto and J. A. Curry 1:45 PM 10.12 Radiative effect of aerosols on the Arctic Climate during Spring   Rong-Ming Hu, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Girard and J. -. P. Blanchet 2:00 PM 10.13 The Use of Equivalent Spheres to Model Scattering and Absorption of Radiation by Ice Clouds and Snow   Stephen G. Warren, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. C. Grenfell and S. P. Neshyba 2:15 PM 10.14 Modeling snowcover heterogeneity in polar regions   Stephen J. Déry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and W. T. Crow, M. Stieglitz, and E. F. Wood 10.15 On the performance of two advanced land surface schemes as applied to simulations of Arctic land environments   Ipshita Mahji, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Zhang, J. S. Tilley, and N. Molders 2:29 PM 10.16 Off-line tests of the land surface model NOAH for Alaskan sites   Jing Zhang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley 2:44 PM 10.17 Hydrological discharge over Greenland   Abha Sood, Alfred Wegener Institute Foundation for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and P. Lemke 2:59 PM Coffee Break
	1:30 PM-2:00 PM, Thursday Session 11 New Polar Observations and Applications: Atmospheric Parameters (Continued)
Organizer: Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 11.8 Influence of the Error Covariance structure on satellite-derived atmospheric winds over the southern oceans   Xingren Wu, U.S. National Ice Center and QSS Group, Inc., Washington, DC; and C. Z. Zou, M. L. Van Woert, and C. Xu 1:45 PM 11.9 A new approach for obtaining advection profiles: Application to the SHEBA column   Hugh Morrison, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; and J. O. Pinto
	2:00 PM-3:29 PM, Thursday Session 12 New Polar Observations and Applications: Surface Parameters
Organizer: Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO
12.1 Snow Melt on Sea Ice from Multispectral Satellite Data   Mark R. Anderson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. C. Stroeve 2:00 PM 12.2 Greenland Albedo Variability   Julienne C. Stroeve, CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Nolin 2:14 PM 12.3 Beaufort sea ice melt pond coverage from MODIS observations   Mark A. Tschudi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Maslanik and D. K. Perovich 2:29 PM 12.4 Recent surface melting in West Antarctica: Comparison of Remote and in-situ observations   Sarah B. Das, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; and R. B. Alley 2:44 PM 12.5 A Climatology of Surface Albedo for the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone   Richard E. Brandt, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. G. Warren and A. P. Worby 2:59 PM Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday Session 12 New Polar Observations and Applications: Surface Parameters (Continued)
Organizer: Julienne C. Stroeve, CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM 12.6 Blowing snow on the Antarctic plateau   Ashwin Mahesh, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Ctr., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Eager, J. Campbell, and J. D. Spinhirne 3:45 PM 12.7 Ocean fronts around Alaska from satellite SST data   Igor M. Belkin, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and P. Cornillon and D. Ullman 4:00 PM 12.8 Sea ice motion products from microwave imagery   Walter N. Meier, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. Vermeychuk 4:15 PM 12.9 Evaluation of Passive Microwave Ice Concentrations using digitized operational Ice Charts   Tom A. Agnew, Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada; and S. Howell and M. Shokr
	6:00 PM, Thursday SHEBA Celebration Dinner—optional, extra ticket purchase required
Friday, 16 May 2003
	8:30 AM-11:00 AM, Friday Session 13 Observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change
Organizer: Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambs. United Kingdom
8:30 AM 13.1 Recent environmental changes in the Arctic and links with the atmospheric circulation (Invited Presentation)   Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 9:00 AM 13.2 Arctic ocean change: what changes and what doesn't   Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, BC, Canada 9:15 AM 13.3 The Arctic Ocean's response to the NAM   Gerd Krahmann, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Visbeck 9:30 AM 13.4 Return of deep shelf/slope convection in the western Barents Sea?   Ursula Schauer, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and B. Rudels, I. Fer, P. M. Haugan, R. Skogseth, G. Björk, and P. Winsor 9:45 AM 13.5 Greenland and Labrador Sea convection in an ocean-sea ice simulation 1948–2002   Rüdiger Gerdes, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, YT, Germany; and J. Hurka and M. Karcher 10:00 AM 13.6 Detecting Arctic climate change using KÖppen climate classification   Muyin Wang, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland 10:15 AM 13.7 Manifestations of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation shift of 1976 within Alaskan climatology   Brian Hartmann, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-1:30 PM, Friday Session 13 Observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change (Continued)
Organizer: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
11:00 AM 13.8 Recent and future changes in Arctic sea ice simulated by the HadCM3 AOGCM (Invited Presentation)   Jeff K. Ridley, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks, United Kingdom; and J. M. Gregory, P. A. Scott, D. J. Cresswell, N. A. Rayner, C. Gordon, and D. M. H. Sexton 11:30 AM 13.9 Decreasing Arctic sea ice: Greenhouse gases versus variability and natural forcing (Invited Presentation)   John W. Weatherly, U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH 12:00 PM 13.10 Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space and the Cloud-Radiation Feedback   Xuanji Wang Sr., CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key 12:15 PM 13.11 Variability of the Arctic atmospheric moisture budget derived from TOVS satellite data   David Groves, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; and J. Francis 12:30 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:15 PM, Friday Session 13 Observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change (Continued)
Organizer: Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1:30 PM 13.12 Recent Variabilty of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover   David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1:45 PM 13.13 Atmospheric Response to Observed Arctic Summer Sea Ice   Uma S Bhatt, IARC/Frontier, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. A. Alexander, J. Walsh, J. Miller, M. Timlin, and J. Scott 2:00 PM 13.14 Modeling the ENSO modulation of Antarctic climate in the late 1990s with Polar MM5   David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and A. J. Monaghan and Z. Guo 2:15 PM 13.15 Increasing Reflectivity of the Antarctic Ocean-Atmosphere System: Analysis of TOMS and Passive Microwave Data for 1979-1994   Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA 2:30 PM 13.16 Strong ENSO variability in the Drake Passage in the 1990s   Ryan L. Fogt, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Bromwich, K. M. Hines, Z. Guo, and J. F. Carrasco 2:45 PM 13.17 Recent temperature trends in the deep waters of the Weddell Sea   Robin Robertson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Visbeck and A. Gordon 3:00 PM Concluding Remarks   Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and U. S. Bhatt

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