Session 4B |
| | Basin-Scale Forcing of Synoptic Weather Patterns |
| | Chair: Ian Renfrew, University of East Anglia
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| 8:30 AM | 4B.1 | Synoptic scale changes in surface heat fluxes due to wind waves 
Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL |
| 8:45 AM | 4B.2 | A general theory for the spatial and transient behavior of the South Pacific Convergence Zone
Matthew Widlansky, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia; and P. J. Webster |
| 9:00 AM | 4B.3 | Left-hand rule for synoptic eddy and Low-frequency flow Interaction
Jong-Seong Kug, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and F. F. Jin, H. Ren, and J. Park |
| 9:15 AM | 4B.4 | Impact of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones on the atmospheric general circulation and its annular variability: Importance of "oceanic baroclinic adjustment"
Hisashi Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Sampe, A. Goto, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, W. Ohfuchi, and S. P. Xie |
| 9:30 AM | 4B.5 | On the relationship between the surface and 850mb storm tracks
James Booth, Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. Thompson, K. A. Kelly, J. Patoux, and S. Dickinson |