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Program Chairpersons:
Gerald Meehl, NCAR
David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
    Gerald Meehl and David Bader, Co-chairpersons

Sunday, 17 January 2010
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins
 
Thursday, 21 January 2010
7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208
Washington Symposium Breakfast
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B203
Session 1 Warren Washington Symposium I
8:30 AMIntroduction, Gerald Meehl and Dave Bader  
8:45 AM1.1Early development in climate modeling and prospect for the future  
Syukuro Manabe, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
9:15 AM1.2Climate Sensitivity—Evidence from Models and Observations  
James E. Hansen, NASA/GISS, New York, NY
 
9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B203
Session 2 Warren Washington Symposium II
11:00 AM2.1In Celebration of Warren Washington  
W. Lawrence Gates, Institute for Global Environment and Society, Calverton, MD
11:30 AM2.2Have we improved our confidence in climate sensitivity since 1970?  
Stephen H. Schneider, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA
12:00 PM2.3Reflections on climate change science  
Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrater, Washington, DC
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B203
Session 3 Warren Washington Symposium III
1:30 PM3.1Modeling of Past Climates—Perspectives: Beginnings, Present, Future  
John E. Kutzbach, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2:00 PM3.2The Gulf Stream and the Past, Present and Future of Ocean Models  
Kirk Bryan, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2:30 PM3.3Meeting at the crossroad—the application of global/regional climate modeling for policy and decision-making  
Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard University, Washington, DC
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, B203
Session 4 Warren Washington Symposium IV
3:30 PM4.1Can We Develop A Model That Can Truly Forecast Climate?  
V. Ramanathan, Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
4:00 PM4.2A Brief History of Modeling Ocean and Ice in Climate at NCAR 1975–2009, and Future Prospects  extended abstract
Bert Semtner, NPS, Monterey, CA
4:30 PM4.3An Adventure in Climate Modeling and Science Policy  
Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO
 
5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns
 

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