Program: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change (88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008))

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1A

Adaptation to Climate Change

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Organizers: Rosina Bierbaum, Univ. of Michigan; Peter Backlund, NCAR

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

9:00 AM

1A.1A

Overview: Rosina Bierbaum

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1A.1

Outcomes from the first National Summit on Coping with Climate Change

Peter Backlund, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bierbaum

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1A.2

Management Options to help the water sector adapt to Climate Change

Kathy Jacobs, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1A.3

Opportunities to Anticipate and Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality

Joel Scheraga, EPA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

1B

African Climate: I. Past and Future

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

9:00 AM

1B.1

Holocene hydrological changes in North Africa (Invited)

Françoise Gasse Sr., CNRS-France, Aix-en-Provence, France

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1B.2

Regional projections of future changes in climate in tropical Africa under greenhouse gas forcing and land cover changes

Heiko Paeth, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and M. Christoph and A. H. Fink

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1B.3

The relationship between temperature and precipitation in the Sahel as a diagnostic of land-atmosphere feedbacks of relevance to climate change

Alessandra Giannini, International Research Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, Palisades, NY

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1B.4

Forcing of Sahel rainfall change and variability in the CMIP models

Michela Biasutti, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~biasutti/Sahel_JC2008.pdf

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)

2A

Adaptation to Climate Change (continued)

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Rosina Bierbaum, Univ. of Michigan

Papers:

10:45 AM

2A.1

Energy Systems and Adaptation issues

Sue Tierney, Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (63.9 kB)

11:15 AM

2A.2

The Nexus between Mitigation and Adaptation

John P. Holdren, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

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: William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

10:45 AM

2B.1

North African dust production: past, present and future (Invited)

Richard Washington, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2B.2

Dust interaction with african climate (Invited)

Natalie Mahowald, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and M. Yoshioka and A. M. Sealy

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2B.3

On the generation mechanisms of African easterly waves (Invited)

Jen-Shan Hsieh, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and K. H. Cook

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2B.4

Radar Observations of African Easterly Wave Convection During NAMMA

Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and T. Lang, S. A. Rutledge, B. Smull, and P. A. Kucera

Recorded presentation

Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)

3A

African Climate: III. Convection and Synoptic Systems

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University

Papers:

1:30 PM

3A.1

Intraseasonal and interannual variability of the characteristics of West African convective systems (Invited)

Karen I. Mohr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. J. Alonge, and W. -. K. Tao

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3A.2

Cycles of deep convection over central and southern Africa

A. G. Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and V. Levizzani

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3A.3

A 3-4 day Convective Oscillation between East Africa and Equatorial Congo during Boreal Summer

Chris D. Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. Mekonnen

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

3A.4

Convectively coupled Kelvin waves and convective systems over equatorial Africa

Thi Thuy Hanh Nguyen, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Paris, France; and J. P. Duvel

Recorded presentation

3B

Impacts of Climate Changes

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

1:30 PM

3B.1

Climate Change and Chicago: Projections and Potential Impacts

Donald J. Wuebbles, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and K. Hayhoe

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3B.2

Analysis of weather patterns associated with air quality degradation and potential health impacts

Adel F. Hanna, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. P. Pinto, Q. Meng, A. Xiu, P. J. Robinson, K. Yeatts, and Z. Zhu

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3B.3

An index to measure the influences of climate on residential natural gas demand

Ahira Sanchez-Lugo, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Lawrimore, D. Wuertz, and K. Hamilton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (372.0 kB)

2:15 PM

3B.4

Simulated carbon losses from the land surface exceed emissions from fossil fuel burning

Paul A. T. Higgins, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

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: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University

Papers:

1:30 PM

J8.1

Downscaling hurricane climatologies from IPCC AR4 climate models: Results and uncertainties

Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J8.2

Is there a discernible anthropogenic impact on Atlantic hurricane activity?

Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J8.3

Global warming and tropical cyclone landfall frequency in East Asia

Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J8.4

Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations versus Observations

Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

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: Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

P1.1

Four-dimensional climate data sets of the AMMA special observing period-3

Leonard Druyan, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and M. Fulakeza, P. Lonergan, and E. Noble

http://wamme.geog.ucla.edu/simulations.html

Poster PDF (737.3 kB)

P1.2

Climatology and interannual variability of South African synoptic scale storms

Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Mo; and W. Higgins

P1.3

The impact of dynamic vegetation on dust and Sahel precipitation

Andrea M. Sealy, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Mahowald

P1.4

East African temperature variations and their possible causes

J. R. Christy, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL; and W. B. Norris and R. T. McNider

P1.5

A reexamination of the statistical relationships between West African precipitation anomalies and Atlantic hurricane activity

Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink

P1.6

Genesis of African Easterly Waves

Chris D. Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. M. J. Hall and G. N. Kiladis

P1.7

Subseasonal prediction of cumulative precipitation over the Sahel with the NCEP Climate Forecasting System

Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA; and W. M. Thiaw

P1.8

Convectively coupled Kelvin waves over tropical Africa during the boreal summer: Structure and variability

Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A & T State University, New York, NC; and C. D. Thorncroft and G. N. Kiladis

P1.9

Index insurance for drought in the Millennium Villages Project

M. Neil Ward, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and E. M. Holthaus and A. Siebert

P1.10

Annual cycle of the Saharan heat low and its role in the coupled West African monsoon system

Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. Zhang, and P. Peyrille

P1.11

Statistical characterization of the dry spell risk during the west African monsoon from meteorological station data

Asher Siebert, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and N. Ward, O. Ndiaye, and P. Kangah

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.12

Impacts of dust on West African climate during 2005 and 2006

Moctar Camara, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins and A. Konare

P1.13

A climatology of African warm-season rainfall episodes based on a combined IR/MW precipitation estimate approach

Samantha Melani, LaMMA -Institute of Biometeorology (IBIMET-CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; and A. Antonini, V. Levizzani, R. Ginnetti, M. Pasqui, A. Ortolani, A. G. Laing, and R. E. Carbone

P1.14

A Synoptic and Structural Analysis of the 11 September 2006 West African Squall Line

Jonathan W. Smith, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. Delonge, S. Chan, A. Diop, B. Koltz, D. Grant, S. Diatta, S. Salak, and T. Fall

P1.15

Possible Interactions between a West African Squall Line Event and the SAL

Aaron Pratt, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and T. L. Battle, D. Robertson, and B. Dickey

P1.16

Interactions of the West African Monsoon circulation and the Tropical Atlantic SSTs in a coupled regional climate model

Samson M. Hagos, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; and K. H. Cook

P1.17

The effect of dust optical properties on surface radiative energy budget and atmospheric thermodynamics during Pirata/Aerose-III

Adrian Flores, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, N. R. Nalli, and V. Morris

P1.18

Wavelet-Based Monthly-to-Seasonal Rainfall Predictions for Ethiopia

Zewdu Segele, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. J. Lamb and L. M. Leslie

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: J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California

CoChair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

P2.1

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: A Synthesis of the Fourth Assessment Report

Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

http://www.bom.gov.au

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

P2.2

Attribution of extreme variability of temperature to major teleconnections and development of probabilistic aides for decision makers using logistic regression: a case stduy of a Florida frost hollow

Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

P2.3

Validation of four satellite-derived rainfall products using gage data from densely populated raingauge network over the Korean peninsula

P2.4

Stratocumulus sensitivity to aerosols and dynamics

P2.5

Impacts of Climate Change on Energy Demand in Greater Dublin Region, Ireland

Xiaochen Liu, Department of Geography, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland; and J. Sweeney

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

P2.6

A new satellite derived precipitation data set for studying trends in extreme events

Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and T. Smith, M. Sapiano, R. Joseph, and H. Meng

Poster PDF (693.7 kB)

P2.7

Use of climate data to further enhance quality assurance of Oklahoma Mesonet observations

Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK; and C. R. Morgan, A. D. Gartside, N. E. Bain, R. Jabrzemski, and C. A. Fiebrich

Poster PDF (256.8 kB)

P2.8

The European Heat Wave & Drought Event of 2003

Jason R. Webster, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

http://www.jasonrwebster.com/

P2.9

Analyses and Comparisons of Two Reanalyses for Tropical Monthly v -component wind field

Yujing Qin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and P. Wang

P2.10

Monitoring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Related Carbon Impacts Research

P2.11

Upwelling and Coastal Climate Variability in Southern California, 1998-2007: A Return to the Cool Phase of Pacific Decadal Oscillation?

Pedro Ramirez, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (255.5 kB)

P2.12

Poster P2.12 has been moved. New paper number 13A.4A

P2.13

Two types of strong Northeast Asian summer monsoon

Jung-Eun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. W. Yeh and S. Y. Hong

P2.14

The global increase in blocking occurrences

Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO; and J. V. Clark, K. Puricelli, and A. S. Kelly

Poster PDF (153.6 kB)

P2.15

Characteristics of boundary-layer decoupling and cloud properties revealed

David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. R. Norris

P2.16

Science policy changes are necessary for information archival to support producing long term climate data records from remote sensing data

Albert J. Fleig, PITA Analytic Sciences, Bethesda, MD

P2.17

Covariate analysis of severe weather across Australia

Stephanie M. Verbout, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, L. M. Leslie, M. Leplastrier, and A. Gero

P2.18

Recent trend of Hadley and Walker circulation shown in water vapor transport potential

Seong-Chan Park, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn

Poster PDF (418.1 kB)

P2.19

Diurnal and seasonal wind variability for selected stations in southern california climate regions

Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA., Point Mugu, California

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P2.20

Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation Influence Aerosol Variability?

Baijun Tian, UCLA, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. Li, Y. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. Geogdzhayev, M. I. Mishchenko, and O. Torres

P2.21

Examination of Canadian Climate Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001

William A. Van Wijngaarden, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (198.0 kB)

P2.22

Shortwave aerosol radiative effect over the global oceans using GOCART and satellite data

Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. A. Christopher

P2.23

Temperature extremes variability in the south of South America in relation to Atlantic SST and the Southern Annular Mode

Mariana Barrucand, CONICET/Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. Rusticucci and W. Vargas

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P2.24

The influence of urbanization on precipitation patterns in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex since 1900

Anna Marie Nordfelt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. M. Quiring

P2.25

Analysis of historical surface temperature data across a heterogeneous landscape in lower Mississippi river valley

Jiale Xu, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. Anantharaj, Q. Lu, and U. S. Nair

P2.26

From Climate Variability to Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities to Agricultural Extension

Clyde William Fraisse, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and N. E. Breuer, D. F. Zierden, and K. T. Ingram

Poster PDF (284.8 kB)

P2.27

Teleconnection between the precipitation rates over the Red Sea and El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Dr. Yehia Yehia Hafez Sr., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; and M. El - Rafy Sr.

Poster PDF (205.4 kB)

P2.28

Characterizing the Vertical Latent Heating Structure of the MJO using TRMM

Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Jiang, J. L. Li, B. Tian, W. S. Olson, M. Grecu, W. -. K. Tao, S. E. Lang, A. M. Tompkins, and T. S. L'Ecuyer

P2.29

Isolating non-ENSO signals in the historical climate record

Prashant Sardeshmukh, Climate Diagnostics Center/CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo

P2.30

Pacific Pan-decadal Variability in observation, reanalyses and IPCC AR4 CGCM simulations

Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Wang, A. D. Del Genio, B. Carlson, and M. G. Bosilovich

P2.31

The tropical Pacific barrier layer's multi-temporal scale variability and its thermodynamic effects

Qiuxia Wu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and Y. Yin

P2.32

Seasonal Rainfall and ENSO over the Tropical Pacific Region

Luke He, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Olenic and D. A. Unger

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: Robert Hart, Florida State University; Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL

Papers:

JP3.1

An enhanced tropical cyclone data set for the Australian region

Blair Trewin, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Poster PDF (212.9 kB)

JP3.2

Chimeric Equatorial Waves as a Better Descriptor for “Convectively-Coupled Equatorial Waves”

Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Poster PDF (106.0 kB)

JP3.3

Variations of Atlantic tropical cyclones and climate change since the mid eighteenth century

Cary J. Mock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and M. Chenoweth, D. A. Glenn, S. F. Dodds, S. O. Holmberg, H. F. Young, J. Tanis, R. L. Murphy, L. J. Stroup, I. M. Altamirano, and C. W. Landsea

JP3.4

Understanding tropical cyclogenesis as part of NAMMA 2006: A case study of wave development (Debby) versus non development (Ernesto) in the eastern Atlantic

Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

JP3.5

Investigating barotropic instability of the African Easterly Jet and its potential for development in the NASA fvGCM

Marangelly Fuentes, Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC; and O. Reale and V. Morris

JP3.6

Atlantic hurricane increases and carbon dioxide rise

William M. Gray, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

JP3.7

Influence of the Amazon/Orinoco plume on Atlantic hurricanes

Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and E. K. Vizy

JP3.8

Conversion from Shear to Curvature Vorticity, Organization of Convection, and Hurricane Genesis

Benjamin Schenkel, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti, S. Pattnaik, M. K. Biswas, and A. Simon

JP3.9

Interdecadal variability of the typhoon activity in Autumn

Chih-Hua Tsou, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. J. Lee

JP3.10

Relationships between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Atlantic-East Pacific tropical cyclone activity

Bradford S. Barrett, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

JP3.11

A typhoon loss estimation model for China

Peter J. Sousounis, AIR Worldwide Corporation, Boston, MA; and H. He, M. L. Healy, V. K. Jain, G. Ljung, Y. Qu, and B. Shen-Tu

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

JP3.12

Structure on eastward-moving cloud clusters in 2007 January MJO

Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

JP3.13

The role of deep tropical convection on the distribution of water within the UTLS region

Maria R. Russo, Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and C. Chemel, J. A. Pyle, R. S. Sokhi, and C. Schiller

JP3.14

Transition from a Mixed Rossby-gravity Wave to a Tropical Cyclone

Xiaqiong Zhou, university of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang, X. Ge, and Q. Ding

JP3.15

Modeling Studies of Island Induced Convective Activities in Puerto Rico Region

Melissa Sheffer, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Chiao and I. Matos

JP3.16

Tropical Cyclone Induced Tornados Associated With The Formation of Tropical Storm Barry

Andrew Devanas, NOAA/NWS, Key WEst, FL; and P. Santos, D. Gregoria, and K. Kasper

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

JP3.17

Characterization of the Streamers over the Caribbean

Evelyn Rivera-Acevedo, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Chiao, O. Bermudez, and I. Matos

JP3.18

A Climatological Feature of Typhoon Making Landfall over the Korean Peninsula

Baek-Jo Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and K. S. Choi

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

JP3.19

Exergetics of deep moist convection

Peter R. Bannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

JP3.20

Taking the pulse of climate change: NOAA's TAO buoys go from “research” to “operational”

Phoebe Woodworth, NOAA, Honolulu, HI

JP3.21

Are tropical cyclones feeding more extreme rainfall events?

William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Zhou and J. H. -. T. Wu

JP3.22

Experiments on WRF Hurricane Initialization (WRF-HI) – An Approach Based on WRF Variational Data Assimilation of Remote-Sensing and Synthetic Observations

Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Zhang, Z. Liu, W. Wang, C. A. Davis, G. J. Holland, P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Li, C. Hill, and H. R. Winterbottom

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

JP3.23

Role of large-scale environment in the interannual variability of Australian region tropical cyclones

Hamish Andrew Ramsay, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, P. J. Lamb, and M. Leplastrier

JP3.24

The Impacts of Dust and Humidity Fields on Atlantic Hurricane Activities

Donglian Sun, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viriginia; and M. Kafatos and Z. Boybeyi

JP3.25

Developing verse non-developing tropical disturbances for tropical cyclone formations

Melinda S. Peng, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Fu and T. Li

JP3.26

Reconciling water vapor fields measured by AIRS and HSB – A tropical case study using Hurricane Lili

Evan Fishbein, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Fetzer and B. H. Lambrigtsen

JP3.27

Atmospheric teleconnections and Australian region tropical cyclone variability 1970–2005

Kevin H. Goebbert, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

JP3.28

Observing hurricanes and severe storms with the GeoSTAR-PATH mission

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Brown

JP3.29

A view of synoptic variability in the tropical east to central Pacific and Atlantic

JP3.30

High-resolution upper air measurement from Cape Verde during NAMMA, the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Project

JP3.31

Quantifying the Contribution of Tropical Cyclones to Extreme Rainfall along the Coastal Southeastern United States

J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. Grundstein and T. Mote

JP3.32

Distributions and trends of death and destruction from hurricanes in the United States, 1900-2006

Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University, Miami, FL

JP3.33

Building capacity to forecast and respond to storm inundation in Hawaii

Wes Browning, NOAA/NWS/Honolulu Weather Forecast Office, Honolulu, HI

JP3.34

Education through interaction with data sets - Hurricane Katrina and the Integrated Data Viewer

Troy Allison, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and S. O. Holmberg, B. J. Etherton, and J. Weber

JP3.35

Upper ocean thermal structure and the western North Pacific supertyphoons

I.-I. Lin, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; and I. F. Pun and C. C. Wu

JP3.36

Coastal observations of disturbed weather in Senegal during the 2006 NAMMA field campaign

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and P. A. Kucera, E. Joseph, J. D. Fuentes, A. T. Gaye, J. Gerlach, F. Roux, A. Protat, D. Bouniol, and N. Viltard

JP3.37

An evaluation of long-term variability of tropical storm and hurricane activity in the Atlantic

Jose Maliekal, SUNY, Brockport, NY

Poster PDF (382.5 kB)

JP3.38

Next Generation Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRad) - Improved Forecast Skill with Wide Field Imagery

Linwood Jones, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; and P. G. Black, S. S. Chen, R. E. Hood, J. W. Johnson, C. S. Ruf, A. Mims, and C. C. Hennon

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP3.39

On the Climatology of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

L. J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Bao, T. I. Yan, and D. Dickey

JP3.40

Possible climate impacts of Saharan dust on frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones

Kyu-Myong Kim, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. M. Lau

JP3.41

The utility of the ERA40 Cyclone Phase Space in Trend Diagnosis and North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Reanalysis

Danielle Manning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart

JP3.42

The possible winter impact from recurving tropical cyclones

Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and L. F. Bosart and C. Hosler

JP3.43

Estimating local memory of tropical cyclones through MPI anomaly evolution

Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Maue and M. C. Watson

JP3.44

Analysis of the Wind Field Evolution Associated with the Extratropical Transition of Bonnie (1998)

Clark Evans, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Hart

JP3.45

Tropical cyclone trends and attribution from reanalysis datasets

Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart and M. A. Bourassa

JP3.46

Tropical Storm Debby and the SAL: A comparative analysis with TD 8 from the NAMMA 2006 field campaign

Aaron Pratt, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins

JP3.47

Are there regimes in Tropical Cyclone Activity in the North Atlantic?

S. D. Aberson, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL

JP3.48

Retrospective multidecadal simulation of E Asiuan Typhoon activity

JP3.49

NEXRAD in Space: A Solution to the Hurricane Intensity Prediction Problem

Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. Chandrasekar, S. S. Chen, G. Holland, E. Im, R. Kakar, W. E. Lewis, F. D. Marks Jr., A. Mugnai, E. A. Smith, and S. Tanelli

JP3.50

Characterization of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) during NAMMA 2006 DC-8 Flight Missions

Tamara L. Battle, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins

JP3.51

The Role Played by Blocking over the Northern Hemisphere on Hurricane KATRINA

Dr. Yehia Yehia Hafez Sr., Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

Poster PDF (408.0 kB)

JP3.52

NOAA's Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan

Fred Toepfer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Springs, MD

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University

Papers:

4:00 PM

J9.1

Quantifying the uncertainty in hurricane response to climate fluctuations and trends

Greg Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J9.2

Hurricane variability and trends: The varying roles of sea surface temperature

James P. Kossin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

4A

African Climate: IV. West Africa

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

Papers:

4:00 PM

4A.1

A comparison of coastal radio sounding stations during NAMMA-06

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. Sall, A. T. Gaye, D. Badiane, F. Kebe, M. Camara, and E. Joseph

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

4A.2

Dynamics of the West African monsoon jump

Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and S. M. Hagos, J. F. Newman, and E. K. Vizy

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4A.3

West Africa Desert Locust infestations: connections with regional atmospheric circulation patterns

Chiara Vallebona, CNR, Firenze, Italy; and A. Crisci, A. Di Vecchia, L. Genesio, G. Maracchi, and M. Pasqui

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4A.4

Evolution of latent heating profiles of the West African Monsoon

C. Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. M. Hagos and G. Gu

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4A.5

Seasonal evolution of the West African Heat Low: a climatological perspective

Christophe Lavaysse, CNRS, Paris, France; and C. Flamant, S. Janicot, J. P. Lafore, D. J. Parker, and J. Pelon

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

4A.6

Intraseasonal Variability in the Equatorial Atlantic-West Africa during March-June

Guojun Gu, NASA/GSFC and ESSIC, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

4B

Impacts of Climate Changes (continued)

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Juliane Fry, Reed College

Papers:

4:00 PM

4B.1

Multi-catchment investigation of the impacts of climate change on hydrology in Ireland

Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands; and R. McGrath, P. Lynch, T. Semmler, S. Wang, J. A. Hanafin, and P. Nolan

4:15 PM

4B.2

Projected climate change impacts on lakes/wetlands extent and their hydrologic processes in Michigan State

Vimal Mishra, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Cherkauer and L. C. Bowling

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4B.3

Refinements in index insurance pricing via dendroclimatology, in the context of a nonstationary background state

Arthur M. Greene, IRI = International Research Institute for Climate and Society (The Earth Institute, Columbia University), Palisades, NY; and D. Osgood and L. Goddard

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4B.4

Impacts of weather and climate on commercial motor vehicles

Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and M. Johnsen

Poster PDF (997.6 kB)

5:00 PM

4B.5

Climate variability and change with implications for transportation

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. McGuirk, T. G. Houston, A. Horvitz, and M. F. Wehner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

5:15 PM

4B.6

Climate Change / Climate Variability, System Vulnerability and Planning for Adaptive Strategies

T.N. Balasubramanian, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, TamilNadu, India; and A. A. Nambi

Recorded presentation

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: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University

Panelists: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT; Christopher Landsea, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center; James P. Kossin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL; Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong; Greg J. Holland, NCAR

Papers:

4:30 PM

JPD1.1

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Panel Discussion

Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. Landsea, J. Kossin, T. R. Knutson, J. C. L. Chan, and G. Holland

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

Hugh E. Willoughby

5:30 PM

Christopher Landsea

5:30 PM

James P. Kossin

5:30 PM

Thomas R. Knutson

5:30 PM

Johnny C. L. Chan

5:30 PM

Greg J. Holland

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

Analysis of Large Scale Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture Data using a Geostatistical Method

Tarendra Lakhankar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Jones, C. L. Combs, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (190.6 kB)

8:45 AM

J1.2

Analysis and Verification of Soil Water Content Measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Aaron M. Gleason, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (163.4 kB)

9:00 AM

J1.3

Analysis of Surface Energy Budget Data Over Varying Land-Cover Conditions

John B. Barr, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and J. H. Prueger

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

9:15 AM

J1.4

Replicating horizontal variability in latent and sensible heat flux over a heterogeneous surface: The IHOP_2002 Western Track

Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Tewari, F. Chen, J. G. Alfieri, and D. Niyogi

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J1.5

The structure of the convective boundary layer in and around Oklahoma City

Kodi L. Nemunaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Basara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

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: Chidong Zhang, University of Miami/RSMAS

Papers:

8:30 AM

5A.1

Abrupt rainfall transitions over the Greater Horn of Africa: observations and regional model simulations

Emily E. Riddle, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5A.2

The role of upper tropospheric easterly waves on the synoptic time scale convection over East Africa

Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A & T State University, New York, NC; and C. D. Thorncroft

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5A.3

Monsoon breaks over northern Africa: Role of cold air surges

Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5A.4

Why did the southern Africa teleconnection “hang up” during the 1997-98 El Niño?

Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and S. J. Mason

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5A.5

A regional climate modeling study of climate change over the Greater Horn of Africa

Jared Bowden, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi

Recorded presentation

5B

General Climate Studies: Observations I

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Edward A. O'Lenic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

Papers:

8:30 AM

5B.1

Thermal Structure and Variability of the Tropical Tropopause Layer Derived from AIRS Observations

Baijun Tian, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, D. E. Waliser, and B. H. Lambrigtsen

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5B.2

AIRS-based atmospheric parameter climatologies: a high quality tool for monitoring short-, and longer-term climate variabilities and “trends”

Gyula I. Molnar, GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Susskind

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5B.3

Global Climatology of Tropospheric CO from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS)

Wallace McMillan, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and L. Yurganov, K. Evans, and C. D. Barnet

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

9:15 AM

5B.4

Estimation of top of the atmosphere global aerosol direct radiative effect using CERES, MODIS and MISR

Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. Gupta and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5B.5

Calculating cloud feedbacks from changes in temperature using daily satellite and reanalysis data

Neil D. Gordon, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. R. Norris

Recorded presentation

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: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

JP1.1

Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model

Edmond Chan, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. MacKay and D. Verseghy

JP1.2

Evapotranspiration over an irrigated cotton field

Haimei Jiang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu

JP1.3

ENSO based low-frequency precipitation and nutrient load oscillations in the Little River Watershed, Georgia

Victoria W. Keener, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and G. Feyereisen, J. W. Jones, and U. Lall

JP1.4

Korea land data assimilation system (KLDAS) and its application using WRF

Yoon-Jin Lim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and T. Y. Lee and K. Y. Byun

JP1.5

Evaluating NARR surface variables and NLDAS using observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and D. L. Toll

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

JP1.6

Evaluating land-atmosphere interactions in climate models using high-frequency ARM observations

Thomas J. Phillips, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Boyle, J. J. Hnilo, S. A. Klein, G. L. Potter, and S. Xie

JP1.7

Impacts of global climate change on the surface energy budget and water balances in the past 50 years

Li Sheng, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu

JP1.8

Evaluation of different Approaches for Estimating Evaporation over an open Water Surface

Yu Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and H. Jiang, L. Sheng, H. Liu, and Q. L. Williams

JP1.9

Do Clouds Follow Deforestation Over the Amazon?

Frederic J. F. Chagnon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. L. Bras, J. Wang, E. R. Williams, A. K. Betts, N. O. Renno, L. A. T. Machado, R. Knox, and G. Bisht

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

6A

African Climate: VI. Modeling Studies

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: A. G. Laing, NCAR

Papers:

11:00 AM

6A.1

Modeling the semi-arid Sahel Climate West African -- Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) Initiative and its first set of experiments (Invited)

Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and W. K. M. Lau, K. H. Cook, and A. WAMME Team

11:15 AM

6A.2

Variability of the West African monsoon system in the new NCEP CFS model

Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. B. Kumar, K. C. Mo, and A. Vintzileos

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6A.3

How do the large-scale models represent the West African Monsoon mean state and variability (the AMMA-MIP experiment)?

Alessandro Dell'Aquila, ENEA, Roma, Italy; and F. Favot, F. Guichard, F. Hourdin, S. Janicot, T. Losada, I. Musat, R. Roca, and P. M. Ruti

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6A.4

Simulation of West African Monsoon in a set of atmospheric general circulation model uncoupled/ coupled to ocean models of varying complexity

Sylwia Trzaska, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and D. Dewitt and D. Lee

6B

General Climate Studies: Observations II

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Papers:

11:00 AM

6B.1

Intercomparisons of AIRS, AMSR-E, and CloudSat for improving GPCP high-latitude precipitation estimates

Eric J. Nelkin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, J. Susskind, and J. M. Haynes

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6B.2

Assessment of high latitude GPCP Version 2 monthly and One-Degree Daily precipitation estimates using ground-based observations

David T. Bolvin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, and E. J. Nelkin

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6B.3

A new global analysis of precipitation

Mathew R. P. Sapiano, Colarado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. Smith and P. A. Arkin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (610.9 kB)

11:45 AM

6B.4

Precipitation reanalysis/reconstructions based on satellite and in situ data

Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Smith and M. R. P. Sapiano

Recorded presentation

Exhibits Open (Tuesday)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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)

7A

General Climate Studies: Observations III

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Baijun Tian, UCLA

Papers:

1:30 PM

7A.1

Satellite retrieval of land surface temperature: challenges and opportunities

Ana C. T. Pinheiro, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC (STG, Inc contractor), Asheville, NC; and J. L. Privette, J. J. Bates, and J. Pedelty

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (121.6 kB)

1:45 PM

7A.2

Comparison of Temperature in the Lower Stratosphere from Microwave Measurements using COSMIC Radio Occultation Data: the Early Results

Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, M. D. Goldberg, C. Z. Zou, and W. S. Schreiner

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

7A.3

The annual cycle of surface radiation budget over Europe

Pamela E. Mlynczak, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith and R. Hollmann

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

2:15 PM

7A.4

A Global Monthly Land Surface Air Temperature Analysis for 1948-present

Yun Fan, Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD; and H. van den Dool

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

7A.5

The climate of 2007 in historical perspective

Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, D. H. Levinson, A. Sanchez-Lugo, D. Wuertz, L. Love-brotak, and E. Godfrey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (263.8 kB)

2:45 PM

7A.6

Does it rain more on weekends?

David M. Schultz, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland; and S. Mikkonen, A. Laaksonen, and M. B. Richman

Recorded presentation

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: Chris K. Folland, United Kingdom Meteorological Office; James L. Kinter III, COLA

Chair: James L. Kinter III, COLA

Papers:

1:30 PM

7B.1

The CLIVAR C20C modelling project: selected 20th century changes

Adam A. Scaife, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and F. Kucharski, C. K. Folland, J. L. Kinter III, D. Fereday, S. Grainger, K. E. Jin, J. Knight, S. Kusunoki, M. J. Nath, T. Nakaegawa, P. Pegion, S. D. Schubert, P. Sporyshev, J. Syktus, A. Voldoire, J. H. Yoon, and T. Zhou

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

7B.2

The CLIVAR C20C project: Decadal and interannual Indian rainfall variability

Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and A. A. Scaife, J. H. Yoo, C. K. Folland, J. L. Kinter III, D. Fereday, K. E. Jin, M. J. Nath, P. Pegion, P. V. Sporyshev, A. Voldoire, J. H. Yoon, and T. Zhou

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (34.8 kB)

2:00 PM

7B.3

Simulating the Actual Climate of the 20th Century with a coupled GCM

Meizhu Fan, George Mason University/COLA, Calverton, MD; and E. K. Schneider

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7B.4

Tropical belt expansion observed during the late 20th century and relation to 21st century climate model projections

Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and Q. Fu, R. D. Hudson, W. J. Randel, and T. Reichler

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

7B.5

Annual cycle of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation simulated by CAM3 with a modified convection scheme

Min Dong, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and T. Wu and G. J. Zhang

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

7B.6

Changes in cloudiness and related variables over Russia, 1950–2000

Garrett P. Marino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; and D. Kaiser

Recorded presentation

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: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

J2.1

The Lake-Atmosphere Turbulent EXchanges (LATEX) field measurement campaign

1:45 PM

J2.2

Effects of environmental factors on evaporation over an open water surface in Mississippi, U.S.A

Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and Y. Zhang, L. Sheng, and H. Jiang

2:15 PM

J2.3

Signatures of land-atmosphere feedback in a 360-year tree-ring record

Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. C. Fritts and M. Suarez

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J2.4

North American Snow Depth Responses to Climate

Yan Ge, Columbia University, New York, NY; and G. Gong

2:45 PM

J2.5

Snow and warming

Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Brown

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

3:30 PM

J3.1

Using photosynthesis-based canopy resistance model and new MODIS-based data to improve the presentation of vegetation transpiration in the Noah land surface model

Anil Kumar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, J. G. Alfieri, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (917.4 kB)

3:45 PM

J3.2

Minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands during the 2002 International H2O Project

Joseph G. Alfieri, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and D. Niyogi, P. D. Blanken, F. Chen, M. Ek, A. Kumar, M. A. LeMone, and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J3.3

Controlling factors and uncertainty in dynamic vegetation modeling at seasonal and interannual scales – a study using the SSiB4/TRIFFID

Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Z. Zhang and P. M. Cox

4:15 PM

J3.4

Evaluation of GCM surface processes over West Africa using offline land surface models and observations

Aaron A. Boone, CNRM, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France; and I. Poccard-Leclercq and Y. K. Xue

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J3.5

Impact of Different Surface Layer Schemes and Snow Albedo Formulations on Cold-season Simulations by the Noah Land-surface Model

Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, Y. Xia, V. Wong, A. Slater, and B. Livneh

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J3.6

An Observation-Based Formulation of Snow Cover Fraction and Its Evaluation over Large North American River Basins

Guo-Yue Niu, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang

5:00 PM

J3.7

Mass balance of the Haig Glacier using mesoscale modeling

Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and S. Marshall

Recorded presentation

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: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

3:30 PM

8A.1

A Two-Oscillator View of ENSO and Its Decadal Modulation

Jin-Yi Yu, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA; and H. Y. Kao and F. Sun

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

8A.2

Recent intensification of ENSO-MJO interaction

Jong-Seong Kug, KORDI, Ansan, South Korea; and F. F. Jin, A. Timmermann, and I. S. Kang

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

8A.3

Thermodynamic balance and changes to the regional circulation during the monsoon onset

Roop K. Saini, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Lowell, MA; and M. Barlow

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

8A.4

Intraseasonal teleconnection between the summer Eurasian wavetrain and the Indian monsoon

Qinghua Ding, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

8A.5

Examination of the relationship between snow cover anomalies over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asian summer monsoon onsets using MODIS satellite snow mapping and NCEP/DOE reanalysis data

Li Xu, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and Z. Pu

4:45 PM

8A.6

The Southwestern Monsoon in California as indicated by GPS precipitable water

James D. Means, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

8A.7

Does upper and middle tropospheric relative humidity (RH) remain constant as global temperatures rise?

William M. Gray, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8A.8

Nonlinear Time Series Modelling of Lahore's Precipitation

Muhammad Jawed Iqbal, Universityy, Karachi 75270, Pakistan; and M. S. Khan

8B

Climate Prediction

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

3:30 PM

8B.1

Low Emission Future Climate Change Simulations

Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

3:45 PM

8B.2

Smoke and mirrors: Is geoengineering a solution to global warming?

Luke Oman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Robock and G. L. Stenchikov

4:00 PM

8B.3

Future mid-latitude summer drought: contrasts between North America and Europe

Dave Rowell, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

8B.4

Future Climate of the North Pacific as Projected by IPCC-AR4 Models

Muyin Wang, University of Washington, Seattle,, WA; and J. E. Overland

4:30 PM

8B.5

An assessment of ENSO-driven potential predictability implied by coupled GCM experiments with prescribed Eastern Tropical Pacific SSTs

Dong Eun Lee, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and D. G. Dewitt

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

8B.6

Assessing the Skill of an All-season Statistical Forecast Model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Xianan Jiang, JIFRESSE/UCLA and JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, M. C. Wheeler, C. Jones, M. I. Lee, and S. Schubert

5:00 PM

8B.7

Verification of hemispheric-wide winter temperature forecasts based on fall snow and atmospheric anomalies

Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Fletcher

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8B.8

The Impact of air-sea coupling on boreal winter predictability in the Indo-Pacific

Kathy Pegion, COLA, Calverton, MD

Recorded presentation

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: David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/Finnish Meteorological Institute

Panelists: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ.; Kenneth Schere, NOAA/ERL/ARL; S. Pal S. Arya, Department of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, North Carolina State University; Heidi Cullen, The Weather Channel/Georgia Institute of Technology; Anthony Brazel, Arizona State Univ.; John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma

Papers:

8:30 AM

David M. Schultz

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Henry Reges

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Kenneth Schere

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

S. Pal S. Arya

8:30 AM

Heidi Cullen

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Anthony Brazel

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

John T. Snow

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Panel Discussion

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: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

8:30 AM

J4.1

Initialization of LSM in JMANHM

Daisuke Miura, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Oh'Izumi

8:45 AM

J4.2

Stratosphere-troposphere coupling and links with Eurasian land-surface variability

Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Barlow, P. Kushner, and K. Saito

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J4.3

Summer Season Predictions with the NCEP Coupled Forecast System Using Different Land Models and Different Initial Land States

Rongqian Yang, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, J. Meng, H. Wei, and G. Gayno

9:15 AM

J4.4

The Impact of using GLDAS/Noah initial land states on GFS Forecasts

Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell and J. Meng

9:30 AM

J4.5

Soil Moisture, Evaporation and Convection: Do better land surface initial conditions produce a better precipitation forecast?

Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. J. Alonge, J. A. Santanello Jr., S. V. Kumar, J. L. Eastman, W. K. Tao, and J. J. Shi

9:45 AM

J4.6

Verification of NAEFS land-surface forecasts

Wanru Wu, NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Mo

Recorded presentation

9A

General Climate Studies: Climate Dynamics

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Toshiaki Shinoda, NOAA-CIRES/CDC

Papers:

8:30 AM

9A.1

Zonal jet structure and the leading mode of variability

Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. J. Eichelberger

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

9A.2

Evolution and Structures of Tropical Instability Waves in the Pacific Ocean and Its Interannual Variation

Toshiaki Shinoda, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and G. Kiladis and P. E. Roundy

Poster PDF (917.8 kB)

9:00 AM

9A.3

An investigation of cold-air cyclogenesis along the East Coast of the United States

Christopher J. Warren, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

9A.4

Impact of Polar night jet on the Ural blocking circulation in boreal winter

Wen Zhou, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and L. Wang, W. Chen, J. Chan, and R. H. Huang

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

9A.5

Dynamical aspects of the 1993 upper Mississippi River Basin floods

Ana M. B. Nunes, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Roads

9:45 AM

9A.6

Indian ocean influences on North Atlantic climate

Prashant Sardeshmukh, CDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin

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: Adam A. Scaife, Hadley Centre, Met Office

Papers:

8:30 AM

9B.1

The evolution of ENSO-monsoon relationship in GCM experiments

Emilia Kyung Jin, COLA, Calverton, MD; and J. L. Kinter III

8:45 AM

9B.2

Understanding variations in ENSO impacts through a pacemaker ensemble

Benjamin A. Cash, COLA, Calverton, MD

9:00 AM

9B.3

ENSO teleconnections in the South Pacific extratropical atmospheric circulation in the HADAM3 general circulation model

Steve Harangozo, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambs, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

9B.4

The enhanced PNA-like climate response to Pacific interannual and decadal variability

Bin Yu, AES, Toronto, ON, Canada; and F. W. Zwiers and A. Shabbar

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

9B.5

The North Pacific Oscillation/West Pacific teleconnection pattern: Mature phase structure

Megan Linkin, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Nigam

Recorded presentation

9B.6

Why did the Western Pacific Subtropical High experience a westward extension in the past decades?

10:00 AM

9B.6A

East Asian Summer Monsoon's Response to SST, Greenhouse Gas, and Aerosol Forcings

Hongmei Li, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Dai, T. Zhou, R. Yu, and J. Lu

Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)

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: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

10:30 AM

J5.1

Investigation of Land Surface Conditions Impact on Processes and Predictability of the North American Monsoon

Xia Feng, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and M. G. Bosilovich, P. R. Houser, and J. D. Chern

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J5.2

Soil moisture impacts on convective margins

Benjamin R. Lintner, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ; and J. D. Neelin

Recorded presentation

J5.3

Influence of sea surface temperature on soil moisture and precipitation interactions

11:15 AM

J5.4

Numerical model simulations of regional weather and climate impacts due to changes in historical landuse in lower Mississippi river valley

Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and U. S. Nair, A. Song, L. Wasson, S. Christopher, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and R. King

11:30 AM

J5.5

Detection and Analysis of the Climatic Signal of Land Use Change on the Tibetan Plateau

Jiming Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and N. L. Miller

Recorded presentation

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: Juliane Fry, Reed College; Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Papers:

10:30 AM

J10.1

Adaptive governance: proposals for climate change adaptation science, policy and decision making

Amanda H. Lynch, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and R. D. Brunner

10:45 AM

J10.2

Robustness as a Framework for Climate Change Policy

Zach Pirtle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ

11:00 AM

J10.3

Managing climate uncertainties

Marilyn Averill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J10.4

Carbon cycle feedbacks to warming imply a need for strong climate policy

Paul A. T. Higgins, AMS, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J10.5

State Climate Action Plans: The Opportunity for Adaptation Response

Susan K. Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; and B. H. Udall

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J10.6

Adaptation, policy research and the IPCC: Where are we going (and why am I in this hand basket)?

Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

10A

General Climate Studies: Regional Analysis

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Richard R. Heim Jr., Scientific Services Division, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA

Papers:

10:30 AM

10A.1

Putting current North America drought conditions into a multi-century perspective. Part 1: constructing the paleo drought dataset

Edward R. Cook, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and R. S. Vose, R. R. Heim Jr., and J. H. Lawrimore

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

10A.2

Putting current North America drought conditions into a multi-century perspective. Part 2: Using the blended product in operational drought monitoring

Richard Heim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. S. Vose, J. Lawrimore, and E. R. Cook

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (628.1 kB)

11:00 AM

10A.3

Contributions of Water Vapor and Temperature to the Interannual Variability of Precipitation: An Evaluation from North American Regional Reanalysis

Er Lu, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. Takle

10A.4

New climate dataset extends continuous U.S. weather records back over 100 years

11:30 AM

10A.5

Detection of trends in timing of low flows in Canadian stream flows

Eghbal Ehsanzadeh, Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and K. Adamowski

11:45 AM

10A.6

Characteristics of ice cloud forcing due to ice clouds over the tropics

Gang Hong, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Yang

Recorded presentation

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: Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Papers:

10:30 AM

10B.1

An assessment of low frequency changes in tropical cyclone formation in the North Atlantic basin

Philip Pegion, NASA/GSFC/GMAO/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert, M. Suarez, K. Emanuel, and J. Bacmeister

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

10B.2

The summer North Atlantic Oscillation - past, present and future

Chris K. Folland, United Kingdom Meteorological Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and H. Linderholm, J. Hurrell, S. Ineson, J. Knight, A. Scaife, and R. Eastman

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

10B.3

Evidence of a late 20th century North Atlantic wet regime

Steven A. Mauget, USDA, Lubbock, Texas

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

10B.4

Cluster analysis of North Atlantic / European circulation types and links with tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures

David Fereday, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and J. Knight, A. A. Scaife, and C. K. Folland

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

10B.5

Summer daytime cooling trend in the north-central United States during the 20th century's peak global warming

Zaitao Pan, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and M. Segal and X. Li

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

10B.6

The effects of temperature and precipitation trends on U.S. drought

David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Lawrimore, R. Heim, and T. W. R. Wallis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (954.5 kB)

Exhibits Open (wednesday)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)

11A

NOAA's Climate Test Bed (CTB)

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Wayne Higgins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

CoChair: Ben P. Kirtman, COLA

Papers:

1:30 PM

11A.1

Multi-model ENSO prediction with CFS and CCSM

Ben P. Kirtman, COLA, Calverton, MD

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

11A.2

ENSO Variability and Predictability during 2005-2007

Dongxiao Zhang, NOAA/ERL/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. McPhaden

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

11A.3

Using the NCEP Climate Test Bed to Execute and Assess Summer Season Predictions with the NCEP Coupled Forecast System (CFS) Using Different Land Models and Initial Land States

Kenneth Mitchell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Yang, J. Meng, H. Wei, and G. Gayno

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

11A.4

Subseasonal prediction with the NCEP CFS: Forecast skill and prediction barriers for Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillations

Augustin Vintzileos, EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Camp Springs, VA; and H. L. Pan

Recorded presentation

11B

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Lecturer: William Neff, NOAA/ESRL-PSD

Papers:

1:30 PM

11B.1

Learning from Antarctica: Climate variability and change, stable boundary-layers and chemistry, and a few surprises on the high plateau

William Neff, NOAA/ESRL-PSD, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

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: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

JP2.1

Case studies of land atmosphere interaction within the 12km North American land data assimilation system (NLDAS-E) project

Charles J. Alonge, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. A. Cosgrove

JP2.2

Impact of soil moisture initialization on numerical weather forecasting over the Mississippi Delta Region

Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and G. Mostovoy, U. S. Nair, and P. J. Fitzpatrick

Poster PDF (599.4 kB)

JP2.3

Land-atmosphere coupling strength in the GEOS-5 AGCM

Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, J. T. Bacmeister, R. H. Reichle, and M. J. Suarez

JP2.4

Retrospective forcing of the NCEP Noah land surface model with observations from the OASIS network

Michael P. Morris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Benefield and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

JP2.5

Intercomparison of land surface process scheme in a global model: The single-column tests and seasonal prediction

KyungHee Seol, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong, H. S. Kang, M. Kananitsu, and J. Roads

JP2.6

Multi-scale modeling of land-atmosphere interactions in the North American monsoon system

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

JP2.7

Examining the relationship between fall/spring soil moisture and summer precipitation in the northern Great Plains

Lei Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring

Poster PDF (153.4 kB)

JP2.8

Anabatic flow development in the context of atmospheric stability and resulting orographic convection: A cumulus photogrammetric, in-situ and Doppler observations (CuPIDO) study

Cory Demko, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts

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: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

P3.1

Realtime GLDAS/LIS execution at NOAA/NCEP

Jesse Meng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, H. Wei, R. Yang, and C. Peters-Lidard

P3.2

Forecasting the Northern Australian Wet Season for Graziers

Alexis Donald, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia; and S. Lennox, M. C. Wheeler, F. Lo, and H. Meinke

P3.3

Assessing trends in observed and modelled climate extremes over Australia in relation to future projections

Lisa V. Alexander, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and J. Arblaster

P3.4

Simulated 21st century dynamics and hydrology of the Great Plains low-level jet

Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and C. M. Patricola, Z. S. Launer, and E. K. Vizy

P3.5

Simulating the precipitation interannual variability over South America using the NCEP Eta/AGCM nested model system

Fernando H. De Sales, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. Xue

P3.6

Forecasting cotton yields over the southeastern US using NCEP Climate Forecast System

Guillermo A. Baigorria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and M. Chelliah, C. C. Romero, K. Mo, J. W. Jones, J. J. O'Brien, and R. W. Higgins

http://plaza.ufl.edu/gbaigorr/GB/GBPublications.htm

Poster PDF (559.4 kB)

P3.7

The Diurnal Cycle in NASA's Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)

Myong-In Lee, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert

P3.8

An evaluation of climate model precipitation over the United States

Melissa S. Bukovsky, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

P3.9

How sensitive are radiative properties of ice clouds in CAM3.0 to the ice crystal habit, inclusions and surface roughness?

Zhibo Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang

P3.10

Accurate and Fast Neural Network Emulations of Long Wave Radiation for the NCEP Climate Forecast System Model

Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz, Y. T. Hou, S. J. Lord, and A. A. Belochitski

P3.11

Evaluating the Surface Energy Budget in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

P3.12

Effects of gravity wave drags induced by both orography and cumulus convection on the weather and climate prediction in a global model

Jong-Hun Jeon, Yonsei University, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P3.13

On the evolution of initialized and model generated Tropical Storms in the NCEP Climate Forecasting System as a function of horizontal resolution

Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA; and H. L. Pan and T. Marchok

P3.14

Coherent structures in cold air outbreaks

P3.15

Characteristics in the moist process of JMA-GSM

Kengo Miyamoto, AESTO/JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Komori

P3.16

Bias in dynamically downscaled precipitation data and its impact on simulated streamflow in climate change impact studies

Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands; and R. McGrath, P. Lynch, T. Semmler, S. Wang, J. A. Hanafin, and P. Nolan

P3.17

Investigation of the cloud-radiation interaction in a general circulation model

Suryun Ham, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong, Y. H. Byun, and J. Kim

P3.18

Precipitation intensity of East Asian summer monsoon in the 20th-century simulations by AOGCMs for the IPCC AR4

Shoji Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa, O. Arakawa, A. Kitoh, and A. Kitoh

P3.19

High-resolution simulation of the East Asian summer monsoon in the NCEP RSM

Yoo-Bin Yhang, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and H. S. Kang

P3.20

Twentieth-century temperature change as simulated by an atmospheric general circulation model

Zaizhi Wang, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and M. Dong, L. Wang, Q. Li, and T. Wu

P3.21

A modified dynamic framework for atmospheric spectral model and its application

Tongwen Wu, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and F. Zhang

P3.22

Development of a regional climate model (BCC_RegCM) and its simulation and hindcast over different regions

Yiming Liu, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. Ding, J. C. L. Chan, and S. Saeed

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P3.23

Lyapunov exponents for barotropic circulation regimes

Athar Hussain, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri; and A. R. Lupo and S. Dostoglou

Poster PDF (424.0 kB)

P3.24

Examining wind energy's impact on local climate

Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and D. W. Keith

P3.25

A global assessment of the joint distribution of twentieth-century temperature and precipitation in the CMIP3 coupled climate models

F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. M. Greene and U. Lall

P3.26

The role of water vapor feedback on the amplitude of season cycle in the global mean surface air temperature

Qigang Wu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and G. R. North

P3.27

Implementation of a double-moment warm-phase microphysics in the WRF single-moment 6-class microphysics scheme

Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Hong and J. Dudhia

P3.28

A downscaled future climate over Asia using the NCEP regional spectral model

E-Hyung Park, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P3.29

Extremes in high resolution regional climate model: Preliminary results of simulations in EC FP6 project CECILIA

Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda and J. Miksovsky

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: Chris K. Folland, United Kingdom Meteorological Office

CoChair: James L. Kinter III, COLA

Papers:

P4.1

Are Australian climate trends linear?

David Jones, BOM, Vic., 3001, Australia; and R. Fawcett

P4.2

The three dimensional structure and time evolution of the decadal variability revealed in ECMWF reanalyses

Taehyoun Shim, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea; and G. H. Lim and D. I. Lee

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P4.3

Low-frequency variability of the Indian Monsoon-ENSO relation and the Tropical Atlantic: The 'weakening' of the '80s and '90s

Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and A. Bracco, J. H. Yoo, and F. Molteni

Poster PDF (32.2 kB)

P4.4

Mechanisms of a rapid global climate shift across the late 1960s

P4.5

Adjusting archived radiosonde data using complete validated and inferred radiosonde metadata to compute unbiased atmospheric temperature and moisture trends

Steven R. Schroeder, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

Poster PDF (80.7 kB)

P4.6

Can stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen tell you which way the wind is blowing or has blown in the past?

James Robert Lawrence, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. D. Gedzelman

P4.7

The myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and W. M. Connolley and J. Fleck

Poster PDF (681.5 kB)

P4.8

El Nino teleconnections in an atmospheric model

Sarah Ineson, Met Office Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. A. Scaife

P4.9

Interaction between low frequency teleconnections and US precipitation

P4.10

Intraseasonal Teleconnection between North American and Western North Pacific Monsoons with 20-day Time Scale

Xianan Jiang, JIFRESSE/UCLA and JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and N. C. Lau

P4.11

Study of the frequency of extreme daily precipitation on the south of Andes mountain range . Temporary variability in the period 1961-2003 and relation with the Antartic Oscillation

Federico Ariel Robledo, Departament of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and O. C. Penalba

Poster PDF (136.9 kB)

P4.12

Response of the strating dates and the length of seasons and the Yellow River in mainland China to global warming

Yundi Jiang, National climate center/China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

P4.13

Utilizing high-resolution precipitation products to assess climate impacts

P4.14

Observations of a global-warming reverse-reaction: California coastal summer daytine cooling

R. Bornstein, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and B. Lebassi, J. E. Gonzalez, D. Fabris, E. P. Maurer, N. L. Miller, and C. Milesi

P4.15

RAMS simulations of a global-warming reverse-reaction: California coastal summer daytime cooling

B. Lebassi, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and J. E. Gonzalez, D. Fabris, E. P. Maurer, N. L. Miller, C. Milesi, and R. Bornstein

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

4:00 PM

J7.1

Response of the mean global vegetation distribution to interannual climate variability

Michael Notaro, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J7.2

A modeling and observational framework for diagnosing local land-atmosphere coupling on diurnal time scales

Joseph A. Santanello Jr., ESSIC/UMCP and NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard and S. V. Kumar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.4 kB)

4:30 PM

J7.3

Control of Surface Temperature Gradient over West Africa

Man-li Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, O. Reale, M. Suarez, R. D. Koster, and P. Pegion

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J7.4

Lake Breeze simulation using an integrated RAMS and LIS modeling systems evaluated using ARMOR radar observations

Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, V. Anantharaj, K. Knupp, and Y. Wu

Recorded presentation

J7.5

Simulated future river discharges under IPCC SRES scenarios: Yangtze, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Blue Nile and Murray-Darling

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: Michael Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California

Papers:

4:00 PM

J6.1

Comparison of MERRA with ERA-40 on river basin scales

Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT; and M. G. Bosilovich

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J6.2

Evaluation of a reanalysis system with CEOP station observations and multi-model analysis

Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. K. Betts

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J6.3

Dominant balances and exchanges of the atmospheric water cycle in the Reanalysis-2 at diurnal, annual, and intraseasonal time scales

A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, New York, NY; and J. O. Roads

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J6.4

A preliminary study of global water and energy cycles in a NASA reanalysis system

Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (822.2 kB)

5:00 PM

J6.5

Simulated Land Surface Hydrological Variability and Their Impacts on Weather and Climate Anomalies Over the US

Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/RSIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Van den Dool

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J6.6

A regional re-analysis approach for modeling the West African monsoon rainfall diurnal cycle

Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology - National Research Council (IBIMET-CNR), Roma, Italy; and F. Guarnieri and S. Melani

Recorded presentation

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: Gerald Meehl, NCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

12.1

The mid-1970s climate shift in the Pacific and the relative roles of forced versus inherent decadal variability

Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Hu and B. D. Santer

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

12.2

Oceanic Influences on Recent Continental Warming

Gilbert P. Compo, Climate Diagnostics Center/CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. Sardeshmukh

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

12.3

Relationships between global precipitation and surface temperature on inter-annual and longer time scales during 1979-2006

Robert Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Gu and G. J. Huffman

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

12.4

Correlations between temperature and precipitable water over the oceans

Carl. A. Mears, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz, B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, and M. F. Wehner

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

12.5 is now 14A.4A

5:00 PM

12.5A

The relative importance of tropical variability forced from the North Pacific through ocean pathways

Amy B. Solomon, NOAA/CIRES-CDC, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin, M. A. Alexander, and J. P. McCreary Jr.

5:15 PM

12.6 is now 14A.3A

5:15 PM

12.6A

Observed and Modeled Drivers of Arctic Change

Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University, Marion, MA; and E. Hunter

Recorded presentation

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

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: Gilbert P. Compo, Physical Sciences Division/ESRL/NOAA

Papers:

8:30 AM

13A.1

Scalar trend prediction in climate change

Stephen S. Leroy, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and J. A. Dykema and J. G. Anderson

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

13A.2

Detecting a greenhouse warming signal using only maximum daily temperatures

Richard T. McNider, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Christy and W. B. Norris

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

13A.3

Asymmetries in spring and autumn temperature trends over western North America: The role of circulation

John T. Abatzoglou, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond

Recorded presentation

13A.4

An assessment of regional record-breaking statistics in annual mean temperature

9:30 AM

13A.4A

Trends in the onset, severity and duration of the North American Monsoon (1918–2006)

Steven M. Quiring, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. M. Nordfelt

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

13A.5

Attributing Anthropogenic Climate Influence on Observed Changes in Physical and Biological Systems

David J. Karoly, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; and C. Rosenzweig

Recorded presentation

13B

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part I

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

13B.1

US CLIVAR MJO Working Group: MJO Climate Simulation Diagnostics

Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and K. R. Sperber, L. Donner, J. Gottschalck, H. H. Hendon, W. Higgins, I. S. Kang, D. Kim, E. D. Maloney, M. W. Moncrieff, S. Schubert, W. Stern, F. Vitart, B. Wang, W. Wang, K. M. Weickmann, M. C. Wheeler, S. Woolnough, and C. Zhang

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

13B.2

The importance of high-frequency sea-surface temperatures to the intraseasonal variability of the Indian summer monsoon

Nicholas P. Klingaman, Walker Institute for Climate System Research, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and P. M. Inness, J. M. Slingo, and H. Weller

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

9:00 AM

13B.3

Coupled Model Simulations of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal (30-50 day) Variability, Part 1: Systematic Errors and Caution on Use of Metrics

Kenneth R. Sperber, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and H. Annamalai

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

13B.4

Tropical influences on southwest Asia precipitation in a global atmospheric model

Andrew Hoell, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; and M. Barlow and F. P. Colby Jr.

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

13B.5

Development and application of a coupled regional atmosphere-ocean model: air-sea interaction of the tropical instability waves over the Atlantic ocean

Jen-Shan Hsieh, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and C. Wen, P. Chang, and R. Saravanan

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Thurs a.m.)

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

11:00 AM

14A.1

Changes and Variations in Continental Freshwater Discharge from 1949-2004

Aiguo Dai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Qian and K. E. Trenberth

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

14A.2

Arctic Report Card shows continuing change in most environmental indicators

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. A. Richter-Menge, J. E. Overland, and J. Calder

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (300.5 kB)

11:30 AM

Paper 14A.3 is now 12.6A

11:30 AM

14A.3A

Mid-tropospheric Temperature Quasi-biannual Variability

Hartmut H. Aumann, JPL, Pasadena, CA

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

14A.4

Paper 14A.4 is now 12.5A

11:45 AM

14A.4A

Effect of desert dust on the biological activity of ocean surface

Vani Starry Manoharan, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair and R. M. Welch

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

14A.5

An examination of the interannual and multidecadal variability of drought in the United States

Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY

Recorded presentation

14B

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part II

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Duane E. Waliser, JPL

Papers:

11:00 AM

14B.1

A Test of the Simulation of Tropical Convective Cloudiness by a Cloud-Resolving Model

Dennis L. Hartmann, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. A. Lopez, P. N. Blossey, R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton, and T. L. Kubar

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

14B.2

Comparisons of CloudSat Upper Level Cloud Measurements with EOS MLS Measurements, ECMWF, GEOS5 Analyses and GCM Simulations

Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Waliser, C. P. Woods, J. D. Chern, J. Jiang, J. Bacmeister, A. M. Tompkins, W. -. K. Tao, D. G. Vane, and G. Stephens

11:30 AM

14B.3

Evaluating water vapor in the NCAR CAM3 climate model with RRTMG/McICA using modeled and observed AIRS spectral radiances

Michael J. Iacono, AER, Inc, Lexington, MA

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

11:45 AM

14B.4

Using Metrics to Explore the Relationship Between Simulated Mean Climate and Variability

Peter J. Gleckler, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and K. R. Sperber and K. E. Taylor

12:00 PM

14B.5

Diagnosing effective heat capactity in the IPCC AR4 model runs

Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Kleidon

Recorded presentation

Exhibits Open (thurs)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Thurs)

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: Muyin Wang, University of Washington

Papers:

1:30 PM

15A.1

Interactions between ozone and climate: 1960-2100

Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, J. Perlwitz, and J. E. Nielsen

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

15A.2

Historical trends in the jet streams

Cristina L. Archer, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA; and K. Caldeira

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

2:00 PM

15A.3

Trends in extreme snowfall years in the contiguous U.S

Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. A. Palecki, L. Ensor, D. A. Robinson, K. G. Hubbard, D. R. Easterling, and K. T. Redmond

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

15A.4

Climate and wind energy: recent trends in wind speed and potential effects of climate change

Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and J. W. Zack and B. H. Bailey

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

15A.5

A preliminary assessment of future changes in the severe thunderstorm environment in North America

Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & OU/CIMMS/SoM, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and H. E. Brooks

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

15A.6

Impact of climate change in the Po valley: downscaling high resolution RegCM output by coupling with ChYM hydrological model

Erika Coppola, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy; and F. Giorgi, X. Gao, B. Tomassetti, and M. Verdecchia

Recorded presentation

15B

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part III

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Papers:

1:30 PM

15B.1

An alternate grid technique for GCMs: results of running physics and dynamics on different grids

Andrea M. Molod, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

15B.2

Implementing a double Fourier series dynamic core into a global atmospheric model

Hoon Park, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and H. B. Cheong

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

15B.3

Using the "radiative kernel" technique to calculate climate feedbacks in NCAR's Community Atmospheric Model

Karen M. Shell, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and J. T. Kiehl and C. A. Shields

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

15B.4

A new parameterization of gravity wave drag based on ray theory for use in GCMs

Hye-Yeong Chun, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and H. J. Choi and I. S. Song

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

15B.5

Diagnosing structural errors in climate model parameterizations

Vincent E. Larson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and J. C. Golaz Jr., J. Hansen, D. P. Schanen, and B. M. Griffin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

2:45 PM

15B.6

Grid-scale relationship between precipitation and topography in a global 20km-mesh atmospheric GCM

Osamu Arakawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Kamiguchi and A. Kitoh

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

16

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part IV

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University

Papers:

3:30 PM

16.1

A Southern Ocean cyclone climatology based on high resolution NWP model output

Amanda Lynch, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and P. Uotila and J. J. Cassano

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

16.2

Climatology and interannual variability of mid-latitude storms in the NCEP CFS model

Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Mo; and W. Higgins

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

16.3

Regional-scale processes associated with future summer drying over Central America

Sara A. Rauscher, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and F. Giorgi and N. S. Diffenbaugh

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

16.4

Modeling Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Peru Current System

Dian A. Putrasahan, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and H. Seo, A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

16.5

The global hydrological and energy cycles at Last Glacial Maximum in CCSM3

Melissa A. Burt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Randall and B. Otto-Bliesner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (372.9 kB)

Conference Ends

: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Sunday, 20 January 2008

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