20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Program Chairs:
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Sunday, 20 January 2008
7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 20 January 2008
Short Course Registration
9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008
Conference Registration
12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008
7th Annual WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Monday, 21 January 2008
7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January
9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008
1A
Adaptation to Climate Change
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Organizers:
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1B
African Climate: I. Past and Future
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)
10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008
2A
Adaptation to Climate Change (continued)
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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2B
African Climate: II. African Easterly Waves and Dust
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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11:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
3A
African Climate: III. Convection and Synoptic Systems
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
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3B
Impacts of Climate Changes
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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Joint Session
8
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Part I
Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
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2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Poster Session
1
African Climate Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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Poster Session
2
General Climate Studies: Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
CoChair:
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P2.3
Validation of four satellite-derived rainfall products using gage data from densely populated raingauge network over the Korean peninsula
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P2.4
Stratocumulus sensitivity to aerosols and dynamics
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P2.10
Monitoring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Related Carbon Impacts Research
Joint Poster Session
3
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
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JP3.29
A view of synoptic variability in the tropical east to central Pacific and Atlantic
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JP3.30
High-resolution upper air measurement from Cape Verde during NAMMA, the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Project
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JP3.48
Retrospective multidecadal simulation of E Asiuan Typhoon activity
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Joint Session
9
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Part II
Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
Papers:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
4A
African Climate: IV. West Africa
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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4B
Impacts of Climate Changes (continued)
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Panel Discussion: Kossin, Landsea, Holland, Chan, Emanuel, Knutson
Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
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5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Joint Session
1
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
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5A
African Climate: V. Eastern and Southern Africa
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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5B
General Climate Studies: Observations I
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Joint Poster Session
1
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
6A
African Climate: VI. Modeling Studies
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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6B
General Climate Studies: Observations II
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
7A
General Climate Studies: Observations III
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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2:30 PM
7B
Climate of 20th Century (C20C) Part I
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Organizers:
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1:45 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Joint Session
2
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II
Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 22nd Conference on Hydrology
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
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J2.1
The Lake-Atmosphere Turbulent EXchanges (LATEX) field measurement campaign
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Joint Session
3
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part III
Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
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3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008
8A
General Climate Studies: Variability (ENSO, MJO, NAO, etc.)
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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8B
Climate Prediction
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Panel Discussion
2
Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part II
Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the The Committee on Applied Climatology;
the The Board on the Urban Environment;
the The Measurements STAC;
the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA;
and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
)
Moderator:
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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Session
4
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part IV
Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
9A
General Climate Studies: Climate Dynamics
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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9B
Climate of the 20th Century (C20C) Part II
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
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9B.6
Why did the Western Pacific Subtropical High experience a westward extension in the past decades?
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)
10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Session
5
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part V
Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
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J5.3
Influence of sea surface temperature on soil moisture and precipitation interactions
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Session
10
Climate Policy, Vulnerability, and Adaptation
Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
10A
General Climate Studies: Regional Analysis
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
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10A.4
New climate dataset extends continuous U.S. weather records back over 100 years
10B
Climate of the 20th Century (C20C) Part III
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Exhibits Open (wednesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
11A
NOAA's Climate Test Bed (CTB)
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
CoChair:
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11B
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Lecturer:
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2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Poster Session
2
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
Poster Session
3
Climate Model and Prediction Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
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P3.11
Evaluating the Surface Energy Budget in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
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P3.14
Coherent structures in cold air outbreaks
Poster Session
4
Climate of the 20th Century (C20C) Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
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P4.4
Mechanisms of a rapid global climate shift across the late 1960s
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P4.9
Interaction between low frequency teleconnections and US precipitation
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P4.13
Utilizing high-resolution precipitation products to assess climate impacts
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Session
7
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part VI
Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology;
and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
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J7.5
Simulated future river discharges under IPCC SRES scenarios: Yangtze, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Blue Nile and Murray-Darling
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Joint Session
6
Advances in Atmospheric Reanalysis
Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the 22nd Conference on Hydrology
)
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
12
Detection and attribution of climate change: Part I
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008
AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel
Thursday, 24 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
13A
Detection and attribution of climate change: Part II
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
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13A.4
An assessment of regional record-breaking statistics in annual mean temperature
13B
Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part I
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Thurs a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
14A
Detection and attribution of climate change: Part III
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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14B
Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part II
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
Exhibits Open (thurs)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Thurs)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
15A
Detection and attribution of climate change: Part IV
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
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15B
Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part III
Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
16
Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part IV
Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
Papers:
4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008
Conference Ends