22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change
    

Session 7

 Special session on long-term climate variability and change emphasizing paleoclimatic observations and modeling
 Organizers: Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; David M. Anderson, National Climatic Data Center Paleoclimatology Branch, Boulder, CO
Chair: David M. Anderson, National Climatic Data Center Paleoclimatology Branch, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM7.1Global Signatures of the “Little Ice Age” and “Medieval Climate Anomaly” and Plausible Dynamical Origins  
Michael E. Mann, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
4:00 PM7.2Examining the forced response of past regional climate to guide selection of general circulation models for regional analyses  extended abstract
Eugene R. Wahl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Ammann
4:15 PM7.3Proxy-model comparisons of North Atlantic sea surface conditions prior to the 8.2 ka event  
Kelsey Watkins, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and A. Wagner and C. Morrill
4:30 PM7.4Assessing model sensitivity to North Atlantic freshwater perturbations using past abrupt climate events  extended abstract
Carrie Morrill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Boulder, CO; and A. Wagner, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, and N. Rosenbloom
4:45 PM7.5The climate of past interglacials: polar warmth and sea level rise  
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Rosenbloom and E. Brady
5:00 PM7.6What simulations of past warm climates tell us about the future  
Jeffrey T. Kiehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO
5:15 PM7.7Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation Climate Evolution with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming  
Zhengyu Liu, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Otto-Bliesner, F. He, E. Brady, R. Tomas, P. U. Clark, A. E. Carlson, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, W. Curry, D. J. Erickson III, R. Jacob, J. E. Kutzbach, and J. Cheng
5:30 PM7.8Can oceanic meridional overturning circulation cause abrupt climate change  
Aixue Hu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meehl and W. Han

Tuesday, 19 January 2010: 3:30 PM-5:45 PM, B215

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