| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 13.2 | Estimating climate sensitivity based on top-of-atmosphere radiation imbalance Bing Lin, NASA, Hampton, VA; and A. Fan |
| 3:45 PM | 13.3 | The Identification of distinct patterns in California temperature trends Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and W. Kessomkiat, S. A. Mauget, and J. T. Abatzoglou |
| 4:00 PM | 13.4 | Are small lakes becoming ice free in the Great Lakes Region? Vimal Mishra, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Cherkauer and L. C. Bowling |
| 4:15 PM | 13.5 | Construction of a Consistent Microwave Sensor Temperature Record in the Lower Stratosphere Using Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Data and Microwave Sounding Measurements Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, C. Rocken, X. Zhou, and D. C. Hunt |
| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 13.4 | Synoptic scale atmospheric circulation linkages with the decrease in temperature gradient of the Mackenzie Delta region of Northern Canada Charles Cuell, EC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and B. R. Bonsal and T. Prowse |