Session 12B |
| | Climate and weather extremes |
| | Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 8:30 AM | 12B.1 | Characteristics of the top ten snowstorms at first order stations in the U.S  
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Changnon |
| 8:45 AM | 12B.2 | The frequency distribution of daily precipitation over the United States
Emily J. Becker, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. H. Berbery and R. W. Higgins |
| 9:00 AM | 12B.3 | Seasonal and regional variations of U.S. trends in extreme precipitation frequency
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. A. Palecki, R. Smith, L. Ensor, and D. R. Easterling |
| 9:15 AM | 12B.4 | Signal detectability in extreme precipitation changes assessed from twentieth century climate simulations
Seung-Ki Min, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and X. Zhang, F. W. Zwiers, P. Friederichs, and A. Hense |
| 9:30 AM | 12B.5 | Diagnosing the synoptic influences driving changes in climate extremes over southern Australia during the last century
Lisa V. Alexander, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia |