Joint Session 2 |
| | Applications of artificial learning techniques in climate variability, especially as it relates to the urban environment (Joint between the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences) |
| | Cochairs: William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada; Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
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| 8:30 AM | J2.1 | (Invited Speaker) Using Neural Networks in Numerical Climate and Weather Forecast Systems 
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD |
| 8:45 AM | J2.2 | Fast neural network emulations of long wave radiation for the NCEP Climate Forecast System Model: seasonal prediction and climate simulation
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz, S. J. Lord, Y. T. Hou, and A. A. Belochitski |
| 9:00 AM | J2.3 | Major Influences of Circulation Patterns on Temperatures in the Italian Side of the Greater Alpine Region: an Investigation via Neural Network Modeling 
Antonello Pasini, CNR, Rome, Italy; and R. Langone |
| 9:15 AM | J2.4 | Statistical seasonal prediction of extreme precipitation in winter over Canada
Zhen Zeng, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh and A. Shabbar |
| 9:30 AM | J2.5 | Post-processing GCM forecasts of seasonal extreme climate using machine learning methods
Joel Finnis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh, Z. Zeng, A. Shabbar, W. Merryfield, and H. Lin |