Wednesday, 14 January 2009: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Room 129A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Chair: Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
4:00 PM
CCSP 3.3: why weather and climate extremes matter
Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. M. Anderson, S. J. Cohen, M. Cortez-Vazquez, R. J. Murnane, C. Parmesan, D. Phillips, R. Pulwarty, and J. M. R. Stone
4:15 PM
CCSP 3.3: observed changes in weather and climate extremes
Kenneth Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and P. Bromirski, H. E. Brooks, T. Cavazos, A. V. Douglas, D. R. Easterling, K. A. Emanuel, P. Y. Groisman, G. J. Holland, T. Knutson, J. P. Kossin, P. Komar, D. Levinson, and R. L. Smith
4:30 PM
CCSP 3.3: Causes of Observed Changes in Extremes and Projections of Future Changes
William J. Gutowski Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and G. Hegerl, G. J. Holland, T. R. Knutson, L. O. Mearns, R. J. Stouffer, P. J. Webster, M. F. Wehner, and F. W. Zwiers