89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Session 11A: Climate Change Science Program Report 3.3

Wednesday, 14 January 2009: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Room 129A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Chair:  Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
Papers:
  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

  4:45 PM
CCSP3.3: Measures to improve our understanding of weather and climate extremes
David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. J. Cohen, W. J. Gutowski Jr., G. J. Holland, K. E. Kunkel, R. S. Pulwarty, and M. F. Wehner