88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Joint Session 5: Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part V

Wednesday, 23 January 2008: 10:30 AM-11:45 AM
224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chairs:  Yongkang Xue, University of California
Cochairs:  Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC
Papers:
  10:30 AM
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

  10:45 AM
Soil moisture impacts on convective margins
Benjamin R. Lintner, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ; and J. D. Neelin

 
J5.3
Influence of sea surface temperature on soil moisture and precipitation interactions

  11:15 AM
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
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