Session: Climate and Extreme Weather Events (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 16 January 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

214D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Organizers: Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES/CDC and Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1

A comparison of model produced climate extremes with observed and projected trends for the 20th and 21st centuries

David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Gleason, K. E. Kunkel, and R. J. Stouffer

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

2:00 PM

1.2

Extremes and El Nino

Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

1.3

The ecological impacts of regional-scale drought-induced tree die-off: implications and challenges for atmospheric sciences

David D. Breshears, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

3:00 PM

1.3A

Coffee Break

3:30 PM

1.4

Simulating the synoptic climatology of extreme precipitation events under global warming

William J. Gutowski Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and S. S. Willis, J. C. Patton, B. R. Schwedler, R. W. Arritt, and E. S. Takle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

4:00 PM

1.5

Fine-scale processes regulate the response of extreme events to global climate change

Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and J. Pal, R. J. Trapp, and F. Giorgi

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

1.6

Occurrence of heavy precipitation and streamflow in Southern California

Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center/Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

4:30 PM

1.7

Heightened tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic: Natural variability or climate trend?

Greg Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Webster

4:45 PM

1.8

Can we detect climate trends in extreme tropical cyclones?

Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and B. A. Harper, K. Hoarau, and J. A. Knaff

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

1.9

The water and energy budgets of hurricanes and implications for climate change

Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Fasullo

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

1.10

Abrupt changes in rainfall during the twentieth century

Gemma T. Narisma, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Madison, WI; and R. Licker and J. Foley

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